Kailing Technology's reverse invoicing solution for scrap steel procurement: solving the industry's "invoice acquisition difficulty" compliance dilemma

In the scrap steel recycling industry, "difficulty in obtaining invoices" has long been a core pain point constraining enterprise development. Due to scattered scrap steel sources, a large number of natural person sellers cannot issue invoices themselves, resulting in missing input tax deductions and difficult cost accounting for recycling enterprises, while also facing enormous pressure for tax compliance. In April 2024, the State Taxation Administration issued the "Announcement on Matters Concerning 'Reverse Invoicing' by Resource Recycling Enterprises to Natural Person Sellers of Scrapped Products" (No. 5 of 2024), providing policy guidance for the compliant development of the industry. Based on industry pain points and policy requirements, Kailing Technology launched a targeted digital solution for reverse invoicing in scrap steel procurement, committed to breaking the industry dilemma.

I. Industry dilemma: compliance pain points and development bottlenecks in scrap steel procurement

As an important part of the circular economy, the scrap steel recycling industry has a special business chain - the upstream is mostly scattered sellers such as natural persons and individual businesses, while the downstream connects to large-scale entities such as steel processing enterprises. This decentralized source structure directly causes the industry to face multiple compliance challenges。

1.Input VAT invoices are hard to obtain, tax burden remains high

Natural person sellers lack invoicing capability, so recycling enterprises cannot obtain legitimate input VAT invoices. They can neither make VAT input deductions nor calculate costs compliantly, causing the actual tax burden of enterprises to far exceed the reasonable industry level. Some enterprises even face the awkward situation of "profitable yet loss-making".

2.Business authenticity is difficult to verify, and compliance risks are prominent

Scrap steel purchasing involves multiple steps such as transportation, weighing, and settlement. Under the traditional model, transaction vouchers are scattered and manual recording is cumbersome, making it difficult to achieve the "five-flow integration" of contract flow, logistics, order flow, fund flow, and invoice flow required by tax supervision, and exposing enterprises to compliance risks of false invoicing and tax evasion.

3.Regulatory Requirements Have Escalated, Traditional Models Struggle to Adapt

With the launch of China Golden Tax Phase IV and the digital upgrade of tax regulation, requirements for the completeness and traceability of the evidence chain in scrap steel recycling business have increased significantly. Traditional manual invoicing and ledger recording models are inefficient and prone to data errors, unable to meet modern regulatory needs.

4.Poor multi-party collaboration and low invoicing process efficiency

Scrap steel purchasing involves multiple parties such as sellers, recycling enterprises, processing enterprises, and tax authorities. Under the traditional model, identity verification, authorization confirmation, invoicing applications, and tax withholding and payment are handled separately, resulting in high communication costs and long process cycles, affecting enterprise capital recovery and business expansion.

II. Policy Empowerment: Core Requirements and Practical Guidelines of the Reverse Invoicing Policy

The reverse invoicing policy launched by the State Taxation Administration clarifies the legal path for resource recycling enterprises to issue invoices to individual sellers, providing key support for the compliant development of the industry.

1. Core Policy Definitions

Reverse invoicing is a special process in which the buyer (scrap steel recycling enterprise) issues an invoice to the seller (individual seller), specifically applicable to scenarios where individuals sell scrap products to recycling enterprises, and the invoice must be marked "scrap product procurement".

2. Key invoicing specifications

- Invoicing system: Must be issued online through the electronic invoice service platform or the VAT invoice management system;

- Invoice type: enterprises using the general calculation method may issue VAT special invoices or ordinary invoices; enterprises using the simplified calculation method may only issue ordinary invoices;

- Applicable tax rate: the 3% or 1% levy rate standard applies;

- Red-letter invoice: in cases such as sales returns and invoicing errors, the recycling enterprise fills out the "Information Form for Issuing Red-Letter VAT Special Invoices" or the "Red-Letter Invoice Information Confirmation Form."

3. Obligations of all parties

- Natural person sellers: prepay individual income tax on business income at 0.5% of sales, and complete annual reconciliation by March 31 of the following year; monthly sales below 100,000 yuan are exempt from VAT, and the portion exceeding 100,000 yuan is handled by the recycling enterprise for tax filing; sales exceeding 5 million yuan over 12 consecutive months require registration of a business entity.

- Recycling enterprises: before the first invoicing, the seller's consent must be obtained and supporting materials retained; within the filing period of the following month, submit the Tax Payment on Behalf Report Form and details, and withhold relevant taxes and fees; taxes on reverse-issued special invoices may be deducted according to regulations.

- Regulator: Requires a authentic, complete, and traceable business evidence chain, full access to input VAT invoice and output VAT invoice data, and the elimination of fraudulent invoicing and tax revenue loss.

Kailing Technology's solution strictly follows the above policy requirements, embedding compliance into every link of system design and business processes to ensure that enterprise invoicing behavior is legal and compliant.

III. Core of the solution: full-process digitalization to break the "difficulty in obtaining invoices" compliance dilemma

Kailing Technology's reverse invoicing solution for scrap steel procurement takes "digitalization, intelligence, and integration" as its core, building a service system covering the full lifecycle of "identity verification-transaction evidence preservation-invoicing and settlement-tax and fee payment-archive filing," achieving dual improvements in compliance and efficiency.

1.A full-process digitalized closed loop, achieving "IV"flow integration" traceable

The solution connects data across the entire scrap steel acquisition chain, achieving real-time linkage and traceability of contract flow, logistics flow, fund flow, and invoice flow:

- Identity verification and authorization:Individuals log in to the mini program through a dedicated QR code, complete real-name authentication (upload ID card and bank card), and electronically sign the reverse invoicing and tax fee agency authorization letter; information is automatically filed and retained to ensure the authenticity of the entity identity;

- Real-time transaction data collection:Integrate with the weighbridge system to automatically obtain gross weight, tare weight, net weight, weighing time, and other data, while synchronously collecting logistics information such as transportation vouchers, cargo photos, and driving trajectories, generating electronic purchase ledgers to replace traditional manual records;

- Intelligent invoicing management:The system automatically matches product SKUs with tax classification codes, avoiding incorrect tax categories; supports batch order import, automatic verification of invoicing quotas (whether cumulative 12-month sales exceed 5 million yuan), and real-time retrieval of natural person blocking information, ensuring invoicing compliance;

- Funds-tax coordination:After invoicing is completed, a reconciliation statement is automatically generated, linking with the fund system to initiate payment applications, synchronously calculating taxes payable, supporting batch filing and withholding, and achieving precise matching between fund flow and tax flow.

2.Key functional modules that directly address industry pain points

- Input VAT invoice pool management:Centrally store issued invoices, supporting invoice verification, selection and certification, batch download, and statistical analysis, automatically calculating and prepaying taxes based on sales revenue, providing data support for enterprise tax burden planning;

- Electronic archive filing:Automatically collect business materials such as purchase contracts, transport vouchers, weighbridge tickets, and payment records, establish electronic ledgers according to tax requirements, support fast retrieval and compliance inspection, with no separate additional filing required;

- Customer and supplier management:Maintain basic information of upstream and downstream enterprises, logistics addresses, payment methods, and other data, supporting field customization and review functions to meet enterprises' personalized management needs.

- Multi-system integration adaptation:Seamlessly integrate with SAP, OA, financial shared services, treasury systems, and electronic tax bureaus to achieve data interoperability and process automation; support real-time synchronization of weighbridge data, automatic order splitting and merging, and automatic financial bookkeeping, reducing manual intervention and data errors;

The healthy development of the scrap steel recycling industry is an important support for practicing the circular economy and advancing the dual carbon goals. The Kailing Technology scrap steel purchasing reverse invoicing solution is based on national policy direction and directly addresses the industry's "difficulty obtaining invoices" compliance dilemma. Through full-process digital and intelligent transformation, it delivers the core value of guaranteed compliance, improved efficiency, and optimized costs.

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