Verification of the VAT invoice through Internet

With a view to shorten the time of verifying the Value Added Tax ("VAT") invoice and enhance the efficiency, the Shenzhen Municipal office of the State Administration of Taxation decided to promote the approach of verifying VAT invoice through Internet within the Shenzhen city ("Internet verification")
1. General taxpayer applies for the Internet verification should firstly sign a technology service contract with the software development company that they have chosen and complete the application procedure at the respective branch office of the State Administration of Taxation.
     
2. Internet verification is by the mean of sending the VAT invoice to the taxation authority through Internet for verification. The taxpayer is required to transform the VAT invoice into electronic data either by scanning the VAT invoice or inputting the relevant data of that particular invoice into a prescribed format. The Internet verification is only applicable to the general taxpayers.
     
3. Internet verification is implemented base on voluntary basis that the taxpayers are free to choose the methods of verification. That is, taxpayers can either verify through Internet or they can directly verify at the front desk of the taxation authority.
     

增值稅專用發票抵扣聯網上認證
 

為了縮短增值稅專用發票抵扣聯認證的時間,提高工作效率,深圳國稅局決定在全市範圍內推廣增值稅專用發票抵扣聯網上認證方式(以下簡稱網上認證)。

一、

一般納稅人申請網上認證方式,首先應與所選擇的軟體發展公司簽訂技術服務合同,並在簽訂技術服務合同後到國稅主管區(分)局辦理備案手續。
二、 網上認證是由企業自行掃描或人工錄入抵扣聯票面資訊,生成電子資料,通過網路報送稅務機關,由稅務機關完成認證的一種增值稅專用發票抵扣聯認證方式,網上認證適用于一般納稅人。
三、 網上認證的推行以納稅人自願?原則,由納稅人自行選擇,即納稅人可以選用網上認證的方式,也可沿用原直接到稅務機關前臺來認證的方式。