A seller in Shenzhen, due to the platform income of 230 million only declared 170 million, the remaining funds through the personal card receipts, and ultimately be investigated for back taxes and penalties totaling 95 million

Recently, many cross-border e-commerce sellers in Shenzhen received a risk alert text message from the Tax Bureau, the content of which is mostly related to "inconsistency between declared sales revenue and data reported on the platform".

This is not a drill.On January 1, 2026, the Value-added Tax Law of the People's Republic of China came into force, and the era of "tax by numbers" in the fourth phase of the Golden Tax has fully arrived. The tax authorities rely on big data to realize the regulatory upgrade of "platform data - customs data - enterprise declaration data", and the cross-border e-commerce industry is accelerating towards the stage of financial and tax compliance.

Today's article gives you the full picture: why do you receive notices from the IRS? What are the key points of verification? What should you do now?

The year 2026 is a "watershed" for cross-border e-commerce tax regulation. Platform data directly connected to the tax, personal account penetration supervision, customs declaration information network verification - every income is exposed to the supervision.

Today, we will use an article to thoroughly explain the core differences, applicable scenarios and processing points of ODI filing and No. 37 registration, so as to help you take every step to stabilize cross-border investment under the complicated international situation.

The biggest headache for cross-border e-commerce sellers is "no invoice for goods" - not being able to obtain VAT invoices means that there is no hope for export tax refunds, high tax costs, and it is even more difficult to operate in a compliant manner.

Goods issued to sell, back to pay taxes - this used to be the cross-border sellers the most headache "double loss". But now, the new policy introduced by the state, directly help sellers to return the cost of transportation down.

In February 2026, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued Circular No. 16 of 2026, which extends the tax incentives for cross-border e-commerce exports of returned goods to December 31, 2027. This seemingly short notice means real savings for cross-border sellers.
Today we're going to break down this policy and help you figure out exactly how much you're going to save and what you can do to secure that discount.