Discovering the "Leqi Interface": How exactly should "enterprise business-finance-tax digital management" be done?

Since 2021, the State Taxation Administration began piloting fully digitalized electronic invoices (i.e., "fully digitalized e-invoices") in Inner Mongolia, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. As of November 2023, after two years of promotion, they have expanded from the initial pilot to large-scale nationwide promotion.

Because of its convenience and efficiency, it has become increasingly popular among taxpayers. Recently, five regions — Beijing, Guizhou, Shandong, Hunan, and Ningxia — have successively issued notices on launching fully digitalized e-invoice pilots. According to relevant announcements, starting November 1, these five regions will officially implement the "fully digitalized e-invoice" pilot, with nationwide invoice receipt scope.

Currently, taxpayers in 35 regions nationwide can issue fully digitalized e-invoices (as shown in the figure below). In order for enterprises to better connect interfaces with the tax bureau and achieve new integration, some provinces and cities have opened applications for Leqi Services interfaces to a certain extent.

So what exactly is the "Leqi interface"? Is your enterprise actually suited to using the "Leqi interface" service? If you want to achieve "Leqi interface" direct connection service, what should you do? Today, Beijing Kailing Technology, a service provider in the business-finance-tax digitalization field, will reveal it to you.

What exactly is the "Leqi interface"?

Simply put, the "Leqi" Direct Connection interface is a direct connection service for digitalized e-invoices provided by tax authorities to eligible taxpayers. After review, taxpayers can directly connect with their own information systems through the standard interfaces provided by tax authorities, so as to issue, receive, and handle other tax-related services for digitalized e-invoices within their own information systems. When choosing a fully digitalized e-invoice interface, enterprises can choose the Leqi Direct Connection interface or a third-party fully digitalized e-invoice interface according to their actual situation and needs.

What advantages does the "Leqi interface" have?

The advantages of the "Leqi" Direct Connection interface mainly include the following:

1. Efficient and convenient: through automated data processing and information interaction, Leqi Direct Connection enables efficient collaboration and information sharing among relevant internal departments of the enterprise. Relevant employees can quickly obtain the required information through a unified platform, improving work efficiency.

2. Multi-scenario application: Leqi Direct Connection is suitable for various scenarios, including sales management, procurement management, financial management, etc. It can be customized according to enterprise needs to meet the management needs of different departments.

3. Data security: Leqi Direct Connection adopts advanced data encryption and permission control technologies to ensure the security of enterprise data. Only authorized personnel can access and modify data, effectively preventing the risk of data leakage and abuse.

4. Provide integration capabilities: Leqi Direct Connection can integrate with other enterprise management systems to achieve seamless data connection and sharing. This enables enterprises to better manage and utilize data resources and improve the accuracy and effectiveness of decision-making.

△In summary, the advantages of the "Leqi interface" mainly lie in improving work efficiency, simplifying financial management processes, and providing integration capabilities, which can help enterprises better achieve efficient collaboration between financial management and business management.

What are the conditions for applying for and using the "Leqi interface"?

The conditions for applying for and using the "Leqi" Direct Connection interface include the following aspects:

1. The taxpayer needs to have been included in the scope of pilot taxpayers for "fully digitalized e-invoice" issuance.

2. The taxpayer's tax credit rating must be Grade A or B.

3. The taxpayer needs to meet certain operating revenue conditions, that is, the total operating revenue of the enterprise and the enterprises that simultaneously request to become its user entities in the previous year exceeds 50 million yuan.

4. Taxpayers need to meet a certain invoice issuance volume condition, namely, the total cumulative invoice issuance volume and invoice receipt volume of the enterprise and enterprises that simultaneously request to become its user units in the 12 months before the month of the access request must be no less than 50,000 invoices.

5. The taxpayer must have no major tax violations determined by the tax authority within the past three years.

6. The taxpayer can provide relevant tax-related data in accordance with the law and the requirements of the tax authorities, including but not limited to user unit identity information, remuneration account information, operating income status, etc., as well as other tax-related data that needs to be specially provided, such as goods flow, fund flow, and cash flow.

△Please note that specific application and usage conditions may vary by region and policy. It is recommended to consult the tax authority or relevant institutions directly for the most accurate information.

So although the "Leqi interface" certainly plays an important role and has advantages in realizing "smart tax digital management", it also greatly tests the enterprise's comprehensive capabilities.

First, enterprises need to meet the above conditions and pass qualification application. Second, during use, enterprises need to open interfaces for tax authority auditing and bear related responsibilities for data security. Finally, Leqi is not a one-time task but requires continuous operation and upgrades.

Therefore, for enterprises to do a good job in Leqi integration, they need both strong IT implementation capabilities (especially reserving IT engineers with finance and tax expertise) to meet the needs of continuous operation and upgrades; at the same time, they also need a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of tax work and long-term planning.

Want to implement the "Leqi interface"? How should it be done?

Although many enterprises have a large business scale, they may not meet the application conditions for Leqi Direct Connection services and still need to process information through fully digitalized e-invoice interfaces. In this case, enterprises can choose to use third-party interfaces for system integration. These third-party interfaces can provide professional services to help enterprises issue, receive, and manage fully digitalized e-invoices. Through third-party interfaces, enterprises can better meet their own business needs, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.

Therefore, for enterprises that do not meet the requirements for applying for Leqi Direct Connection services, choosing to use third-party interfaces is a feasible solution.

As a professional, efficient, and reliable "business-finance-tax digitalization" solution provider, Beijing Kailing Technology offers Leqi interface integration services and can provide professional consulting and implementation services for your Leqi platform integration project.

The Beijing Kailing Technology team has senior talent deeply engaged in the business-finance-tax field, deeply understands the current status and future trends of enterprise business-finance-tax operations and management, and uses industry experience to provide customers with suitable system management solutions and IT services. Based on rich professional knowledge and experience in the business-finance-tax field, it uses new concepts and new technologies to accurately grasp the integrated management needs of business, finance, tax, imaging, and electronic archives, helping enterprises achieve automated, intelligent, and digital transformation of business-finance-tax, promoting more efficient operations and smarter management for enterprise business-finance-tax users and management organizations, and releasing more value.

The Beijing Kailing Technology team can gain an in-depth understanding of customers' business needs and pain points and provide professional consulting services. We help customers sort out business processes, formulate digital transformation strategies, and provide personalized solutions based on customers' actual situations and needs.

If you have any business-finance-tax digital transformation needs, welcome to contact us. Kailing will serve you wholeheartedly.