Counting electric bills is not only a collection and management requirement, but also a corporate business requirement.
In March 2021, the "Opinions on Further Deepening the Reform of Tax Collection and Administration" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions") issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council proposed that it is necessary to comprehensively promote the digital upgrade and intelligent transformation of tax collection and administration, and make smart taxation construction The task is one of the goals of the tax department to deepen the reform of tax collection and management during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. The "Opinions" pointed out that the construction of smart taxation should "take the reform of electronic invoices as a breakthrough, and realize the electronic invoices of the whole process, all fields, and all elements."
In January 2020, electronic invoices will be gradually promoted across the country in batches. In October 2022, some regions such as Shanghai, Inner Mongolia, and Guangdong will carry out pilot work on comprehensive digital electronic invoices (hereinafter referred to as digital invoices). In January 2023, the number of electric bills will be expanded again, and the digital electric bills will also be in a single-line operation state in the future, realizing the electronic invoices in the true sense.
The application of electronic invoices or electronic invoices is closely related to the business needs of enterprises. From the earliest China Telecom and China Unicom using electronic general invoices, to Shenzhen blockchain invoices five years later, electronic invoices are not only a collection and management method for tax authorities, but also provide a credible and low-cost method for consumption scenarios. proof of transaction. This kind of proof alleviates the concerns of consumers, and also reduces the transaction costs of merchants, which in disguise creates a business moat for enterprises. Taking JD.com as an example, from 2016 to 2017, the comprehensive cost of each paper invoice on JD.com was about 0.3 yuan, including paper, printing, consumables, labor, storage, etc. In that year, JD.com issued a total of about 1 billion electronic invoices, saving nearly 300 million yuan in comprehensive costs. And its customers have significantly improved their satisfaction.
In addition to the direct cost reduction and efficiency increase in the business link, digital bills also have great potential in business. For example, based on the in-depth mining of invoice data information, companies can use digital technology to achieve accurate portraits of customers. The historical transaction information between the enterprise and the customer is fully recorded in the sales invoice. Considering the high cost of building a global CRM for some enterprises, the enterprise can use the stock invoice data to establish a customer behavior database. Starting from the customer dimension, analyze the customer's purchase frequency, purchase product category, historical purchase quantity, purchase unit price and other information, summarize the characteristics of high-quality customer groups, and accurately locate key target customers.
At the same time, digital bills can associate the transaction information recorded in the invoice with other internal and external data of the enterprise, such as linking previous purchase information contained in past invoices with the corresponding collection flow data, analyzing the customer's payment cycle, and then digging out The behavior patterns and credit characteristics of customers contained in the data capture the correlation between historical transaction behavior and credit performance, and provide a data basis for the construction of customer credit evaluation models.
In practice, different companies have different demands on digital electronic bills. Easy storage, cost reduction, and availability at any time are the basic demands of enterprise applications. For high-end manufacturing companies, they are more concerned about supply chain confidentiality and cognitive security. In fact, using electronic invoices instead of paper invoices can effectively prevent the leakage of sensitive business information during the delivery of physical invoices. For some confidential enterprises such as military industry, you can choose to apply blockchain or encryption technology in all electronic invoices to further enhance the confidentiality of invoices.