A company's finances can be managed much more easily, quickly, securely, and cost-effectively with digital solutions. (Photo: © Datev eG 2021)
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June 18, 2021
Entrepreneurs in the skilled trades usually have many years of experience in masterfully implementing customer requests. They know what's technically feasible and how to ensure satisfied customers—certainly one reason why they want to start their own business.
One challenge for many, however, is the business side of self-employment. Establishing clear structures and processes from the outset ensures you're on the safe side not only when it comes to taxes, levies, and social security. Equally important is the swift and accurate processing of orders on both the creditor and debtor sides, from the initial quote and invoice to tracking incoming and outgoing payments . This is the only way to maintain a constant overview of your business's performance. "Founders should n't even start printing invoices or filing them away in folders ," advises Stefan Wunram, Chief Consultant at the IT service provider DATEV eG.
All business tasks can now be handled faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively using digital solutions . The selection of industry-specific tools is almost overwhelming. Therefore, it's helpful to define your own needs and requirements. It makes sense to use only digital solutions that can be easily integrated to enable seamless, efficient data exchange, even with external partners.
"Founders in the skilled trades should avoid paper documents and media breaks from the outset and rely on fully digital business processes." Stefan Wunram , Chief Consultant for Strategic Development at DATEV eG
Startups have an advantage over established businesses in this area : they don't have to abandon familiar but outdated business processes to create fully digital workflows that reduce administrative overhead and can be used remotely. And because there are many legal aspects to consider, it's advisable to consult a tax advisor when designing these processes.
Therefore, DATEV solutions are ideally suited for young businesses. They optimize collaboration with the supporting tax advisor, and other applications, such as those for specific industries or for processes upstream or downstream of accounting, can be integrated via interfaces. It makes no difference whether the DATEV software is used in the company itself or at the tax advisor's office.
On the DATEV Marketplace, the cooperative presents numerous software partners whose applications are optimally tailored to DATEV solutions . There, founders and entrepreneurs can find compatible programs for their diverse business needs without extensive research, regardless of whether they are in the construction industry, a bakery, or an automotive business, for example . Industry-independent solutions such as point-of-sale software, inventory management systems, the digital payment platform PayPal, and the HR management software provider Personio are also listed. In total, solutions from more than 200 partners are now available. It is therefore worthwhile to explore the DATEV Marketplace and to implement DATEV solutions for your business.
What commercial IT solutions for craft businesses must be able to do:
✓ Completely digital: They enable seamless digital processes, even with external partners, without any effort.
✓ Sustainability:
Digital receipts and cloud solutions reduce paper and energy consumption.
✓ Flexibility: They adapt flexibly to the needs of a growing company and can also be accessed at home and on the go.
✓ Reliability: They are audited, reliable, and comply with the German Accounting Principles (GoBD) for the digital age. All current legal changes have been taken into account.
✓ Secured data: Data protection, data security and audit-proof archiving are guaranteed – even in the cloud.
✓ Control: Business analyses show current business performance. Negative trends can be identified promptly, allowing early intervention.
✓ Freedom: If desired, the tax advisor will take over the commercial aspects, leaving the craftsman/craftswoman to concentrate on their core business.
CONCLUSIONProfessional: Design commercial processes digitally with solutions from DATEV Marketplace
support: Tax advisor include in the GoBD-compliant design of digital processes
Simple usage: no paper invoices received or sent thanks to DATEV SmartTransfer in the cloud
Control: With DATEV solutions Keep track and control your finances – even in times of crisis
Flexibility: also mobile access on offers, orders, invoices and other commercial documents and data
Safe: my commercial data protected from loss and hackers in the secure DATEV Cloud take off
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