Electronic invoices are a product of the information age. Like ordinary invoices, they adopt the unified format issued by the tax bureau to merchants. The invoice numbers use unified country codes and unified anti-counterfeiting technology and are assigned to merchants. Electronic invoices come with the electronic tax bureau’s signature mechanism. Qingdao electronic invoice online application process: 1. Enter the official website of the local Electronic Taxation Bureau, and then click the login icon. 2. After clicking login, select [Natural Person] to log in. If you do not have an account, please complete account registration first. 3. Enter the backend, find VAT electronic invoice in the navigation menu, and you will see the instructions that pop up in the window. Click Agree Next. If you would like to request a regular invoice, please select the appropriate option. 4. Click [Open Application] and fill in the corresponding form, making sure it is accurate. 5. After the invoice is issued successfully, you can check the invoice results through the invoicing record, and finally download and print it. Taxpayers issue electronic invoices through the Golden Tax Disk or Tax Control Panel. Enterprises with a large amount of invoices can choose the server version of the tax control invoice system; enterprises with a small amount of invoices can use the stand-alone version of the tax control invoice system. Taxpayers use the upgraded version of the invoicing system to issue electronic invoices. The invoicing system reports the invoice information to the tax authorities normally and transmits it to the docking electronic invoice service platform. The platform transmits the invoice information to the invoice issuer and sends the invoice information to the payee through mobile phone text messages and other methods. The payee can log in to the service platform to query, download, and print the electronically signed invoice information.