Leqi pilot enterprise upgrade guide: full guidance on self-use direct connection service application materials and connection process

The Leqi pilot continues to accelerate! Enterprises that meet the requirements should have already received the notice. This article will introduce in detail what Leqi is, the conditions for Leqi application, the required materials, and the specific application process. Most importantly, how enterprises should now plan their upgrades well, complete platform connection and launch at the prescribed time, and let enterprises and the supply chain ecosystem fully enjoy the convenience of fully digitalized e-invoices and Leqi.

01 What is Leqi?

① Leqi

It refers to the platform through which the State Taxation Administration provides eligible enterprises, by directly connecting the tax system with the enterprise's own information system, with tax-related services such as fully digitalized e-invoices under open rules and unified standards (hereinafter referred to as "Leqi services").

②Leqi“Self-use”

It refers to the Leqi services provided by the enterprise's own information system directly connected to Leqi (hereinafter referred to as the "direct connection platform"), which apply only to the unit itself and its subordinate units (group enterprise member units, equity-controlled units, etc.), solving the invoicing and invoice-use issues of all units within large enterprises.

③Leqi“Joint use”

Aimed at providing services that facilitate associated user management and business operations, solving the problem that large commercial platforms need to both meet their own invoicing and invoice usage needs and provide invoicing and invoice usage services for associated users.

④Leqi“He uses”

For the purpose of providing services to others and operating for profit, where the services provided are the main business and main source of income, solving the problem of third-party invoice service platforms providing invoicing and invoice use services to small and medium-sized enterprises.

02 Advantages of Leqi

Leqi Digital Service Platform（hereinafter referred to as“Leqi Platform”）It is the State Taxation Administration's practice and exploration“Smart Tax”'s innovative model, the Leqi platform, through tax-enterprise data interconnection, gradually evolves into data interconnection between government departments, between government and enterprises, and between enterprises, through“Data + rules”Dual open ecosystem: open innovation, providing enterprise taxpayers and the government with one-stop service access, subscription, usage, and regulatory services.

①Compliance

Leqi 1.5 is currently the only API interface released by the General Administration for connecting to the bureau-side fully digitalized e-invoice service platform, ensuring that the connection method is legal and compliant.

②Security

No need to provide any account information for the electronic tax bureau; there is no risk of electronic tax bureau data leakage.

③Stability

The General Administration Leqi 1.5 API interface service is independent of the electronic tax bureau application service, providing stable interface services for large enterprises and ensuring the stable conduct of large enterprises' batch invoicing business.

④Scalability

Leqi 1.5 includes multiple service capabilities: invoicing capability, invoice collection capability, invoice verification capability, accounting capability, check-and-certify capability, planned future expansion to filing capability, risk management capability...

03 Invoicing, invoice usage, and application supported by Leqi

①Implementation principles of Leqi capability openness - invoicing capability document directory

②Implementation principles of Leqi capability openness-Invoice Usage Capability Documentation Catalog

③Leqi access conditions

·Direct connection unit

1. Has been included in the scope of pilot taxpayers for fully digitalized electronic invoices (hereinafter referred to as "fully digitalized e-invoices");

2. Tax credit rating is Grade A or B;

3. The enterprise and the enterprises that simultaneously request to become its user entities had total operating revenue of more than 50 million yuan in the previous year;

4. The enterprise and enterprises that simultaneously request to become its user units must have a combined cumulative invoice issuance volume and invoice receipt volume of no less than 50,000 in the 12 months prior to the month of initiating the access request, or a cumulative invoice issuance and receipt volume of less than 50,000 but an invoicing amount of no less than RMB 500 million;

5. No major tax violations determined by tax authorities in the past three years;

6. Be able to provide relevant tax-related data in accordance with the law and the requirements of tax authorities, including but not limited to the identity information of the user entity, remuneration account information, operating income status, etc., as well as other tax-related data that need to be specially provided, such as goods flow, capital flow, and cash flow;

7. For taxpayers in industries related to people's livelihood such as hospitals, thermal power and public transportation, whose operating revenue and invoice issuance/receipt volume do not meet the above conditions, tax authorities may appropriately lower the access condition standards according to actual circumstances;

·User entity

1. Already included in the pilot taxpayer scope for issuing fully digitalized e-invoices;

2. Be a direct connection entity or an enterprise that is in the same head office and branch relationship, group enterprise, or has mutual equity control relationship with it;

3. Tax credit rating of A, B, or M (B and M taxpayers need to regularly provide relevant data on goods flow, capital flow, and cash flow; except for non-independent accounting branches that may not participate in tax credit evaluation);

4. No major tax violations determined by tax authorities in the past three years;

5. Able to cooperate with the directly connected entity to provide relevant tax-related data in accordance with tax authority requirements. Follow tax authority management requirements and truthfully report major changes and usage to the tax authority.

④LeqiRequired materials

⑤LeqiPlatform application process

If your enterprise is preparing to launch a fully digitalized e-invoice and Leqi platform, you are welcome to contactKailing Technology, and our business experts will guide you step by step to quickly connect to the Leqi platform, meeting the needs of full lifecycle management of fully digitalized e-invoice issuance, circulation, and storage, and providing ongoing support for future full-link digitalization upgrades.

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