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.