Revenues
The sources of village government comprised of own-source revenue (Pendapatan Asli Desa—PADesa) and transfer from the state government. It seems that the main source of village government revenue is the latter. That includes ten per cent share of kabupaten's local taxes and retributions, another ten per cent share of the amount of balanced fund received by kabupaten after deducted by personnel expenses (also called Alokasi Dana Desa—ADD), and financial assistance either from the kabupaten, central and the provincial government. The sources of PADesa include revenue from commercial activities conducted by desa government (e.g. village market place), participation and self-help of village community, and mutual cooperation activities (gotong royong