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New Cloud-based App for Easy Agricultural Tax Management

Urban Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., led by President Yuji Suto and based in Koganei, Tokyo, has officially released the beta version of its innovative app, "Easy Agricultural Tax Return." Specifically designed for the management of agricultural income, this cloud-based tax support tool is accessible via smartphones, tablets, and PCs. It can efficiently automate the creation of income and expenditure statements, depreciation calculations, automatic bookkeeping, and business analysis, providing users with a comprehensive one-stop solution.

Key Features of the App

1. Agriculture-Specific Interface
The app features an interface tailored specifically for agriculture, simplifying the data entry process by incorporating specific categories like crop inventory and depreciable assets. Even newcomers to agriculture can easily navigate and register their entries with just a few taps or selections.

2. Easy Registration with Automatic Depreciation Calculation
Users can easily register depreciable assets with a simple tap. The app automatically calculates lifespan and includes used assets. It comprehensively covers various methods of depreciation, such as the straight-line method, and generates bookkeeping automatically. Moreover, it creates journal entries for sales and disposals without manual input.

3. Real-time Management Dashboard
The app showcases a management dashboard where users can view sales, expenses, and profits at a glance. It provides detailed insights by crop, transaction partner, and compares these figures with the previous year’s data in real-time. Users can drill down into detailed transactions with just one tap.

4. Automatic Creation of Income and Expenditure Statements
With this feature, users need only input necessary items for the app to efficiently generate the income and expenditure statement. This document can be accessed anytime via the app and can also be downloaded in Excel format.

Future Roadmap

• - Subsidy Recommendations

The company plans to enhance the app by integrating it with the "Farmer Web Subsidy Database," which will automatically suggest highly eligible subsidies and grants tailored to the user's region, crops, and farming style.

• - Blue Returns Support

By the end of 2025, the app will be updated to support blue returns with a 650,000 yen deduction.

• - Additional Features

The company will continue to expand functionalities such as cash flow forecasts and introduce AI chat consultation features to support users with subsidies and funding.

How to Use the Beta Version

1. Visit the following URL to create a free account: Easy Agricultural Tax Return
2. Follow the welcome page instructions to register the crops and fixed assets.
3. Continually input daily sales and expenditures while checking the dashboard and income/expenditure statements, providing feedback for improvements.

The current initiative follows the company's previous service, “Easy Cultivation Records,” which incorporated user feedback to add features like automated pest use checks and dilution calculations. The same commitment to user-centric development is being upheld in the creation of the "Easy Agricultural Tax Return" app.

Company Overview

• - Company Name: Urban Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.
• - Location: 1-2-36 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo
• - Representative: Yuji Suto
• - Established: April 1, 2020
• - Capital: 6 million yen (as of February 25, 2024)
• - Business Activities: Contract farming, provision of agricultural information (operating the web media, "Farmer Web"), and service development.
• - Website: Urban Agricultural Development

The “Farmer Web” site aims to be a comprehensive information platform for farmers, providing wide-ranging content necessary for effective cultivation practices, including fertilizers, pests, pesticides, weeding, and machinery. Discover more at Farmer Web.