The behavior of SMEs in Implementation of financial accounting standards for SMEs to increase performance

Abstract

SMEs are one of the driving forces of the Indonesian economy with abundant resources that have not been fully utilized. The role of SMEs is very important, so it must be considered how to improve the performance of these SMEs, namely through financial reports, the main problem in developing these businesses is financial management. SMEs are not yet aware of the importance of financial statements in a company because of limited information and knowledge about accounting. In the era of society 5.0 is a new era, where SMEs must be able to seize the golden opportunities to improve their business performance. To overcome the challenges, SMEs must make financial reports in accordance with the applicable financial accounting standards. With financial reports, SMEs can measure business performance and can be used as a basis for banks to assess the feasibility of SMEs. Based on these conditions, the purpose of this study is to analyze the behavior of SMEs towards the interest in implementing financial accounting standards for SMEs in improving their business performance. There are four factors that determine the interest of SMEs in implementing financial accounting standards for SMEs, namely performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and social influence. The results of the study show that performance expectations and support have a positive and significant effect on the intention to implement SAK EMKM,