Special invoice for value-added tax is a new type of invoice used to implement the new value-added tax system in China. Compared with ordinary invoices used in daily business, it has the following differences:
1. The printing requirements of invoices are different:
According to the provisions of Article 22 of the new tax administration law, special VAT invoices are printed by enterprises designated by the competent tax authorities in the State Council; Other invoices shall be printed by enterprises designated by the State Taxation Bureau and Local Taxation Bureau of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of the competent department of the State Council. No invoice shall be printed without the designation of the tax authorities specified in the preceding paragraph.
2. The entities used in the invoice are different:
Generally, special VAT invoices can only be purchased and used by general VAT taxpayers. If a small-scale taxpayer needs to use it, it shall be issued by the local tax authorities after approval by the tax authorities. Ordinary invoices can be purchased by all kinds of taxpayers engaged in business activities and handling tax registration. Taxpayers who have not applied for tax registration may also apply to the tax authorities for purchasing and using ordinary invoices.
3. The contents of the invoice are different:
The special VAT invoice not only includes the name of the buyer, the seller, the goods or services, the quantity and measurement unit of the goods or services, the unit price and the combined price, the billing unit, the payee and the billing date, but also includes the taxpayer's tax registration number, the amount excluding VAT, the applicable tax rate and the VAT payable.
4. Invoices have different serial numbers:
Special VAT invoice in quadruplicate and seven copies. The first copy is the stub copy (kept for future reference), the second copy is the invoice copy (for the buyer's bookkeeping), the third copy is the deduction copy (for the buyer's tax deduction certificate), the fourth copy is the bookkeeping copy (for the seller's bookkeeping), and the seventh copy is the backup copy, which is used for enterprise card issuing, inspection and warehouse retention respectively. Ordinary invoices are only in triplicate, with the first stub, the second invoice and the third bookkeeping.
5. Invoice has different functions:
The special VAT invoice is not only a voucher for the buyer and seller to receive and pay, but also a voucher for the buyer to deduct VAT. Except for freight, agricultural and sideline products and waste materials, which are deducted according to the statutory tax rate, ordinary invoices shall not be deducted.
Ordinary invoices refer to receipts and payments issued and collected in business activities such as buying and selling goods, providing or receiving services. It is relative to the special VAT invoice.
Any unit or individual in the purchase and sale of goods, providing or receiving services and engaging in other business activities, except for the special VAT invoices issued and collected by the general VAT taxpayers, all kinds of receipts and payments issued and collected are ordinary invoices.
Personal invoices generally refer to invoices issued by individuals, mostly ordinary hand-torn invoices. The issuance and management of ordinary VAT invoices is to bring ordinary VAT taxpayers except commercial retail into the VAT anti-counterfeiting tax control system, that is, ordinary taxpayers can use the same set of VAT anti-counterfeiting tax control system to issue special VAT invoices and ordinary VAT invoices. , commonly known as "one machine with multiple votes".
Special VAT invoices are printed under the supervision of People's Republic of China (PRC) State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China, and are only used by general VAT taxpayers. They are not only important accounting vouchers for taxpayers to reflect their economic activities, but also legal vouchers for sellers' tax obligations and buyers' input tax. It is an important, decisive and legal special invoice in value-added tax calculation and management.