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This is especially true for businesses operating on platforms such as Amazon, Temu, and AliExpress, where the backend processes a large volume of orders, refunds, commissions, advertising fees, shipping costs, and taxes withheld by the platform every day. The platform maintains one set of data, the finance department has another, and the bank records yet another set of transactions. When it comes time to file tax returns, businesses often find that platform sales ≠ financial revenue.

Tax audits no longer rely solely on the financial data reported by companies; instead, they implement risk management by cross-checking four sets of data: platform sales data, customs declaration data, corporate foreign exchange receipts, and reported revenue.

With 40 million in revenue, yet consistently filing zero tax returns; stores are processing orders normally, but they can’t obtain cost invoices from suppliers; multiple stores share the same account, making it impossible to distinguish between revenue, costs, and inventory…

Mr. Li, a client of Qicaiying, was very happy the day he received his RFC tax number; he felt that he had finally cleared the toughest hurdle.

But at the end of the second month, when he saw the sales data for the first month in his Meike Duo dashboard, he just stared blankly at the screen—not because he didn’t know how much he’d earned, but because he had absolutely no idea what taxes he needed to file that month, when to file them, or where to file them.

He searched through a bunch of Chinese documents but only found one figure: ”3% of GMV.” But what kind of tax is this 3%? Is it all the taxes? Are there any other taxes that need to be reported besides 3%? If I’m working in the SAT system, which buttons do I actually need to click? The documents didn’t say anything about that.

Mr. Li’s confusion reflects that of a large number of sellers who have just received their RFCs: they’ve obtained the RFC, but they’re completely in the dark about how to file their monthly tax returns.

In today’s article, we’ll break down the RFC monthly tax filing process step by step—from ”what to report” to ”how to report it” to ”when to report it.”