{"id":14674,"date":"2026-08-13T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qicaiying.cn\/?p=14674"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:30:17","slug":"1688%e9%87%87%e8%b4%ad%e6%8b%bf%e4%b8%8d%e5%88%b0%e7%a5%a8%ef%bc%9f2026%e5%b9%b4%e5%86%8d%e4%b9%9f%e4%b8%8d%e8%83%bd%e6%89%93%e7%99%bd%e6%9d%a1%e4%ba%86-%e6%97%a0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qicaiying.cn\/en\/archives\/14674","title":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t Get Invoices for Purchases on 1688? By 2026, \u201cUninvoiced Transactions\u201d Will Be a Thing of the Past\u20144 Compliance Solutions for Purchases Without Invoices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever found yourself in this situation\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When buying goods on 1688, after asking about the price, I always follow up with, \u201cBoss, how many percentage points extra for an invoice?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most suppliers gave the same response: \u201cNo invoice without a markup; a 10-point markup for a special-purpose invoice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You did the math: annual purchases amount to tens of millions, and if you requested receipts for all of them, the extra cost would be several million. \u201cWhat you save is profit.\u201d So you decided not to ask for receipts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the previous fixed-rate tax system, whether or not you had an invoice didn\u2019t affect your tax payment, so you didn\u2019t think this was a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But right at the start of 2026, your finances told you something that might have kept you up all night:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fixed-rate tax assessment has been abolished; starting this year, tax assessments must be based on audited accounts. If you don\u2019t have purchase invoices, not a single cent of your purchase costs can be deducted\u2014it will all be counted as profit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you open the supplier chat window on 1688, you realize that every time you said, \u201cCan you give me a discount if I don\u2019t need an invoice?\u201d it now seems like you were setting yourself up for trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you currently source your products primarily through channels such as 1688, have been unable to obtain cost invoices for an extended period, and have annual sales exceeding 5 million yuan, you can start by scanning the QR code to add us.WeChat: qcygscszk or call 18676749275<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>...Conduct a \u201cshortfall analysis for purchases without invoices\u201d to figure out exactly how close you are to a \u201cfinancial disaster.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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01 Why was everything fine before, but now there's a problem?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Previous Environment<\/strong>: Cross-border e-commerce is subject to a fixed-rate tax assessment, with profits determined as a fixed percentage of revenue (2%\u20134%).<\/a>... You do not need to provide cost invoices. Whether or not you have purchase invoices has no impact on your tax liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change No. 1: The comprehensive audit-based taxation system has officially taken effect.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting in 2026, the fixed-rate taxation method will no longer apply to cross-border e-commerce; instead, it must be aligned with domestic trade tax administration rules and subject to examination-based taxation. Every item of revenue, cost, and expense must be supported by valid documentation.<\/a>. Costs for which no invoice is available must be adjusted upward for tax purposes during the corporate income tax annual settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change No. 2: The threshold for general taxpayers is being strictly enforced.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New regulations for 2026 specify that businesses with annual sales exceeding 5 million will be automatically reclassified as general taxpayers for the current period.<\/a>. Once a company becomes a general taxpayer, the tax rate jumps from 1% to 13%. If it cannot obtain input invoices, it must pay the full amount of VAT at the 13% rate\u2014with sales of over 5 million, the VAT alone comes to 650,000.<\/a>The<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change No. 3: Tax audits are now focusing on purchases made without invoices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Taxation Administration is stepping up targeted audits of corporate income tax for cross-border e-commerce companies, focusing on verifying purchases without invoices, the falsification of costs, and the issuance of fraudulent invoices for tax credits.<\/a>. In the first half of 2026, 108 A-share listed companies issued announcements regarding back taxes, totaling 9.641 billion yuan.<\/a>The<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have an impact<\/strong>: What used to be a cost-saving strategy of \u201cskipping invoices\u201d is now turning into a trap where \u201cskipping invoices leads to higher taxes.\u201d For a business with a gross profit margin of 30%, failing to obtain a purchase invoice could result in the tax burden directly eroding all profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

02 What Problems Does Procurement Without Invoices Actually Cause?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the era of audit-based taxation, procurement without invoices raised at least three issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, the costs are not tax-deductible, resulting in a sharp increase in corporate income tax.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without an invoice, the tax authorities won\u2019t recognize your costs. Even though you clearly spent money on purchases, these costs cannot be deducted on your books and are instead counted entirely as profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let's do the math (annual sales of 10 million, gross profit margin of 30%):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n