Most of them are fine. Starting from January 21, 2021, in Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, New taxpayers in 25 regions including Ningxia, Xinjiang, Dalian, Xiamen and Qingdao implement electronic special invoices, and the scope of payees is nationwide

Electronic invoices are a product of the information age and are the same as ordinary invoices , which is issued uniformly by the tax bureau to merchants. The invoice number adopts a national unified code and adopts unified anti-counterfeiting technology. It is distributed to merchants. The electronic invoice is accompanied by the signature mechanism of the electronic tax bureau

It is difficult to purchase invoices online There are two main reasons for issuing invoices. First, merchants consider cost issues and deliberately do not issue invoices; second, many online stores do not have physical stores, are not registered with the industrial and commercial tax department, and do not have the qualifications to provide invoices.

Online invoices refer to invoices issued by taxpayers through the Internet using the online invoice application system provided by the tax authorities. Compared with traditional invoices, online invoices do not need to go through the "tax control machine" and the person in charge of the company does not need to frequently register with the tax department. Moreover, it can be done in an instant, false authenticity can be verified immediately, and the operation is simple and easy.

Compared with traditional paper invoices, the online invoice management system can issue invoices online, saving invoice production costs, tax control machine costs and related labor costs.

Although online invoices can facilitate more e-commerce companies to pay taxes, according to China's tax system and market environment, it is very difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises, especially e-commerce companies, to survive.

Advantages

Issuing electronic invoices will significantly save enterprises’ costs on invoices and invoice printing costs, and does not include the indirect costs of enterprise invoice management. Moreover, the electronic invoice system can be integrated with the enterprise's internal ERP, CRM, SCS and other systems. The invoice data is fully electronic and centrally processed, which is helpful for the enterprise's own accounting processing and can provide timely decision-making support to enterprise operators.

Electronic invoices are more convenient for storage, inquiry, and retrieval, and also make it easier for e-commerce websites to provide consumers with more convenient services. Moreover, it can reduce the waste of resources caused by paper invoices, reduce deforestation, be more environmentally friendly, and conform to the future development of mankind.

The introduction of online invoices is an inevitable way for the country to standardize e-commerce tax payment. This is conducive to the country's supervision of online transactions and is also conducive to safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.