Does electronic invoice contribute to the legal construction of e-commerce

Electronic invoice is the electronic image of paper invoices and electronic records, do not need paper carrier, its application, collar, issue, circulation, inspection can be through the tax authorities unified electronic invoice management system on the Internet.

Compared with the traditional paper invoices, the advantages of electronic invoices is very obvious.

E-commerce 8084.html "> booming makes the demand for electronic invoices more and more strong both for enterprises and consumers. As early as May 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission said that the relevant cities can put forward the construction of E-commerce demonstration City application, the pilot city can put forward the promotion of electronic invoice requirements. By the Jiangsu Provincial Tax Bureau, Nanjing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Nanjing State Taxation Bureau and Suning Easy to purchase the "Suning easy to purchase electronic Invoice Application project" in Nanjing Suning headquarters officially launched. In the recent conference on E-commerce Development held by the Ministry of Commerce, Sun, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Commerce Commission, said that up to now, the Beijing-East has issued 586 electronic invoices, electronic invoices in the Beijing-East pilot situation smoothly. Not only that, Suning easy to buy recently in Nanjing official online "electronic invoices." It is obvious that the State has recognized the important role of electronic invoices in the development of electronic commerce.

E-Invoice is regarded as the last link of Electronic business informatization, which is of great significance to electronic commerce, digitalization, networking and paperless. The introduction of the network invoice is the inevitable way for the state to standardize the electronic business tax, which is beneficial to the regulation of the network transaction and the protection of consumers ' lawful rights.

April 1, 2005, the "People's Republic of China electronic signature Law" is formally implemented, with its corresponding "electronic certification services Management measures" at the same time. The implementation of electronic signature Law provides the legal basis for the use of electronic invoices, which lays a solid foundation for the popularization and application of electronic invoices, and is an important milestone in the development of E-commerce in China. It solves the basic problem of popularizing electronic invoice from the angle of law. Like paper invoices, electronic invoices have the same legal effect. It can be said that it is the electronic signature law that makes electronic invoices possible.

The development of electronic invoice will promote the legal construction of electronic commerce.

The writer is Shanghai promise law firm Wu Qiu