China Issues Invoice Compliance Positive Negative Lists
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China's State Administration of Taxation (STA) published positive and negative lists for compliant invoice issuance, containing 44 items across four areas: 16 positive provisions and 28 negative provisions. The lists address invoice subject compliance, genuine transactions, accurate content, and reasonable timing. The negative list specifically prohibits registering shell companies, batch registration without actual business activities, round-trip/loop invoicing, and fictitious transaction chains. The STA will use tax big data to monitor invoice issuance dynamically and enforce penalties for listed violations, while also improving digital invoice services and policy guidance.
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The State Administration of Taxation issued positive and negative lists for compliant invoice issuance, providing clear guidance on what constitutes proper versus improper invoice practices. The positive list includes 16 permitted practices while the negative list enumerates 28 prohibited scenarios such as shell company registration, round-trip invoicing, and fictitious transaction chains. Tax authorities will monitor compliance using big data analytics and enforce penalties for violations.
Businesses should review their invoice issuance practices against these newly codified standards. Companies that have engaged in practices like mutual invoicing between affiliates, registering multiple entities at one address, or using invoices to artificially inflate business performance should immediately cease such activities and align with the compliance framework to avoid enforcement action.
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国家税务总局发布纳税人合规开具发票正负面清单 更好维护纳税人合法权益 有效防范“开票经济” 助力全国统一大市场建设 时间： 2026-04-24 来源：国家税务总局办公厅 访问量： 1 【字体: 大 中 小 】
打印 分享到： 近日，为引导纳税人合规开具发票，防范“开票经济”、虚开骗税等问题，国家税务总局结合开展树立和践行正确政绩观学习教育，发布纳税人合规开具发票正负面清单，以清晰明确的条目化指引，既更好维护纳税人合法权益，又促进纠治循环开票、相互开票、虚增交易环节开票等“开票经济”和违规招商引资涉税问题，助力全国统一大市场建设。
据税务总局征管和科技发展司相关负责人介绍，发票是经济活动的重要基础性票据，发票开具至少应满足主体合规、交易真实、内容准确、时间合理等条件。税务部门在税收征管中发现，部分纳税人存在发票开具不合规情况，特别是在一些重点领域还存在“虚开发票、不开发票、乱开发票”等问题，严重扰乱经济税收秩序，阻碍全国统一大市场建设。因此，税务部门集成发布纳税人合规开具发票正负面清单，并将其作为树立和践行正确政绩观，持续优化纳税服务、强化精准监管的重要举措。
——聚焦维护纳税人合法权益
此次发布的正负面清单包括4个方面共44条内容，其中正面清单16条，负面清单28条。纳税人可自行对照清单判断开受票主体、生产经营业务、票面信息要素、开具时限等关键事项是否合规，比如是否存在发票信息缺项、错误、失真以及错用税率、变名开票、备注栏填写不合规等情形。
西南财经大学教授汤继强认为，税务总局通过发布正负面清单的形式，为纳税人合规开具发票划定“标准线”和“警戒线”，可以有效减少发票违规开具风险，引导企业提升自身合规经营水平，更好维护纳税人合法权益。
——聚焦纠治“开票经济”问题
负面清单对涉及“开票经济”的主要违规情形进行了一一列举，比如通过一址多户注册、集中批量注册无实际经营活动的“空壳企业”来违规开具发票，以及无合理商业目的“对开、环开”发票、虚构交易环节“空转走单”都属于违法行为。
“上述情形一直以来也是税务部门的纠治重点。”中国宏观经济研究院研究员许生介绍，一些企业出于做大业绩、获取融资等目的，在不实质转移货物所有权情况下频繁买卖“仓单”，或通过关联企业之间“循环开票”“相互开票”，来虚增经营业绩，造成“数字繁荣”假象。此次发布的清单重点聚焦纠治“开票经济”问题，明确了相关违规“红线”，有利于遏制违规招商引资、人为做大营收等乱象，促进挤掉GDP“水分”。
——聚焦服务全国统一大市场建设
全国统一大市场的核心要义就是规则统一、公平竞争，税务部门此次在全国范围内明确了发票开具的合规标准和违规情形，有利于统一全国税收执法标准，消除区域差异，增强政策确定性。
汤继强认为，通过发布正负面清单可以有效震慑那些靠虚开发票骗取税款、让税收成本外部化等违法行为，为合规经营、依法开票企业营造公平竞争环境，避免“劣币驱逐良币”，从而更好激发经营主体活力。同时，通过规范发票开具，可以更加有效保障商事交易的真实性、合法性，为商品、服务在全国范围内自由流动提供可靠的凭证支撑，助力全国统一大市场高效运转。
税务总局相关部门负责人表示，下一步将依托税收大数据，加强对发票开具的动态监控和风险预警，对清单中所列的负面情形依法查处，同时持续优化办税缴费服务，提升数电发票赋额精准度和便利度，加强政策宣传辅导，引导纳税人自觉提高合规开票意识，共同维护法治公平的税收营商环境。
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