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Electronic invoice is the product of the information age. Like ordinary invoices, they are distributed to merchants in the form of unified issuance by the tax bureau. The invoice number is distributed to merchants with national unified coding and unified anti-counterfeiting technology. The electronic invoice is accompanied by the signature mechanism of the electronic tax bureau.

At the beginning of 20 12, after the pilot application of online (electronic) invoices was carried out in 22 provinces and cities such as Beijing, Zhejiang, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China mentioned in the Measures for the Administration of Online Invoices (Draft for Comment) that the state will actively promote the use of online invoice management system to issue invoices, and strive to promote online invoices to the whole country within three years.

On June 27th, 20 13, Beijing State Taxation Bureau, Beijing Local Taxation Bureau, Beijing Municipal Commission of Commerce and Beijing Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce issued announcements on several issues concerning the pilot application of electronic invoices. According to the announcement, after research, it was decided to carry out the pilot application of electronic invoices in Beijing from June 27, 20 13.

2065438+On February 9, 2005, China Life took the lead in issuing the first electronic invoice for the financial and insurance industry in Chinese mainland, and Huize.com became the first insurance e-commerce company to jointly launch the electronic invoice with China Life. According to reports, consumers will get relevant inspection information after choosing electronic invoices, which can be inspected at any time through the electronic invoice service platform of official website and tax authorities, thus avoiding many inconveniences caused by the loss of paper invoices.

Statistics show that 201310 billion electronic invoices are issued in China, and it is estimated that it will reach 54.55 billion in 2022, maintaining an average annual growth rate of more than 100%.

The promotion of electronic invoices benefits from the "loosening" and encouragement at the policy level. Since electronic invoices are all VAT invoices, service businesses, including hotels and restaurants, are really included in the invoicing scope of electronic invoices after the "VAT reform" officially landed. In March, State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China issued "Guiding Opinions on Further Improving the Implementation of VAT Electronic Ordinary Invoice", further clarifying that the key point is to do a good job in the implementation of VAT electronic ordinary invoice in e-commerce, finance, express delivery and other industries.

2065438+In mid-May, 2002, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Notice on Organizing the Pilot Work of National E-commerce Demonstration Cities. Relevant cities can apply for the construction of e-commerce demonstration cities, and pilot cities can request the promotion of electronic invoices. Only five cities have been allowed to carry out electronic invoices, namely Chongqing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen and Qingdao.

According to the survey report of Wang Zheng Consulting, the overall market size of online shopping in China was 654.38+04 billion in 2008, but it soared to 267 billion in 2009, with an annual growth rate of 90.7%. According to the report released by the research institute iResearch, the transaction scale of China online shopping market reached 773.56 billion yuan in 2065.438+065.438+0, 2065.438.