Have you ever received an electronic invoice for online purchase?

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Online shopping, you have received the shopkeeper open an invoice? For many buyers, online shopping without invoices has become accustomed to. Recently, the NDRC, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the State administration of taxation, the general Administration of commerce and other eight ministries of a notice, revealed that the net purchase of electronic invoices will be spread out. "The notice" said that this year will be Beijing, Guangzhou and other 22 provinces and cities to carry out network (electronic) invoice application pilot, in the first batch of electronic invoice application pilot city, Hangzhou, Ningbo ranked among them.

To this, in the low price war into a group of small sellers how to deal with, these days became a forum hot. Taobao's relevant officials said that the current has not been notified, so there is no standard electronic invoices.

Want to Invoice

It's going to be dozens of bucks.

According to the relevant agencies, 2011 China's annual online retail turnover of 805.98 billion yuan. But most of the network shops do not have physical stores, many can not provide invoices. Industry insiders said, in the completion of the "Water fish" market incubation period, E-commerce is about to usher in the development of norms. "Electronic invoice" behind the disclosure of information is that open shop to pay taxes.

Reporters randomly consulted a number of online stores, including food, clothing, jewelry, small household electrical appliances and other industries. Most shop dispensers are told: Can not provide invoices. Some goods are clearly marked "If the invoice to be negotiated separately." As a result of household electrical appliances related to after-sale maintenance problems, the reporter in this type of shop and customer service consultation said must request invoices, customer service only said can find ways to get invoices, but need to pay dozens of yuan. Some sellers say, generally will charge a few points of the invoice tax points, such as computer needs to add 3%, camera needs to add 4%.

Small sellers:

Fear of losing the price advantage

These two days, in the online forum, "electronic invoices" has become the seller and buyers to discuss the most enthusiastic topic. Shop owners worry that, if there is a strong money to fight the price of the store, some small sellers may "not survive." But the net buys the family to worry, after the increase launches the electronic invoice, may appear the net purchase cost to increase the situation, the electronic invoice increase tax may pass to the commodity price.

A selling shoes Taobao shopkeeper told reporters that many small and medium-sized sellers do not have physical stores and industrial and commercial registration license, so does not involve any tax issues. "In the past, even if a guest asked for an invoice, we can only say that we do not have the qualification of invoicing." If you want to open an electronic invoice in the future, we have a solution for the customers who must invoice. ”

"I hope that some of the provisions of electronic invoices can be very perfect, and consider the network of small and medium sellers." The seller, who sells cosmetics online, has rushed to two drills. She told reporters that they do is the import mask business, its own online shop competition is fierce, relying on is the low price to go, the profit is not high, if you want to develop tickets, it must increase the price.

"Wool is expected to come out on sheep." Invoicing will increase the price of sales, so ultimately the buyer pays. As a small seller and often online shopping, I have never met the buyer to develop tickets, they have never asked for invoices. A seller of creative products in Hangzhou told reporters.

Partial manufacturers

Have taken a step first

It is understood that at present, Jingdong Mall, Dangdang and other manufacturers are default to each single invoice, the cost of this expenditure is likely to be paid every year billion tax. Industry insiders believe that this is mainly online shopping malls usually have a relatively strong background, large scale business, higher profit margins, management is relatively normative, so most can be invoiced according to law.

For small sellers of the most concentrated Taobao, the network related officials said, "We have not received the notice, the matter will be closely watched." "It is understood that the general purchase of clothing, jewelry, small gifts of these buyers are mostly their own use of goods, so long as the quality is passable, because the transaction amount is not large, buyers do not ask for invoices." Chen Yimin

Electronic invoice

The so-called electronic invoice is the electronic image of paper invoices, is a series of electronic records. Taxpayers can be online to buy, online invoicing, online delivery of invoices, and to achieve online declaration. According to relevant data, about 22% of the companies in 2009 sent or received electronic invoices in Europe, the number of electronic invoices from 2005 to 2009 has risen by about 40%. In the past, the cost of processing invoices for European countries was about € 30 per sheet, with an electronic invoice that could save up to 80% of the cost per sheet.