Under normal circumstances, the person who bought it for you should give you an invoice. From the tax point of view, he sold the goods to you. But if that person or enterprise just helps you, the payment is paid directly to the seller by your company, and the transportation is also directly to your company, then it is to help you purchase, and the seller will directly invoice you.

What is an invoice?

Invoice refers to the business vouchers issued and collected by all units and individuals in buying and selling goods, providing or receiving services and engaging in other business activities. It is the original basis of accounting, and it is also an important basis for law enforcement inspection by audit institutions and tax authorities. Receipt is the proof of receipt and payment, and invoice can only prove that the business has happened, but can't prove whether the money has been received or paid.

Invoice refers to the text issued by the seller to the buyer in economic activities, including the name, quality and agreed price of the products or services provided to the buyer. In addition to the advance payment, the invoice must also include the money paid by the buyer to the seller according to the agreed conditions, and must include the date and quantity, which is an important proof of accounting. According to China's accounting system, valid invoices for purchasing products or services are called tax invoices. The charging vouchers of government departments have different names in different periods and different charging items, but most of them are collectively referred to as administrative fee receipts. For internal audit and verification, each invoice must have a unique journal number to prevent duplicate or skip invoices.

Simply put, an invoice is the original proof of the cost, expense or income incurred. For the company, the invoice is mainly the basis for the company to make accounts, and it is also the expense certificate for paying taxes; For employees, invoices are mainly used for reimbursement.

What does the invoice mean?

Invoice plays an extremely important role in China's social and economic activities.

1. Invoice is legal, authentic, unified and timely, and it is one of the most basic original accounting vouchers;

2. Invoice is the carrier of recording economic activities and an important tool of financial management;

3 invoices are an important basis for tax authorities to control tax sources and collect taxes;

Invoice is an important means for the state to supervise economic activities, maintain economic order and protect national property security.

What are the types of invoices?

Ordinary invoices and special invoices for value-added tax.

Ordinary invoice: it is mainly used by business tax taxpayers and small-scale VAT taxpayers. Ordinary VAT taxpayers can also use ordinary invoices when they cannot issue special invoices. Ordinary invoices consist of industry invoices and special invoices. The former is applicable to a certain industry and business, such as commercial retail unified invoice, commercial wholesale unified invoice, industrial enterprise product sales unified invoice, etc. The latter is only applicable to a certain business project, such as advertising fee settlement invoice, commercial housing sales invoice, etc.

Special invoices for value-added tax are the product of China's new tax system. It is an invoice set by the national tax department according to the needs of value-added tax collection and management, which is specially used for taxpayers to sell or provide value-added tax taxable items.

Special invoice not only has the connotation of ordinary invoice. At the same time, it also has a more special role than ordinary invoices. It is not only a financial income and expenditure voucher to record commodity sales and value-added tax. Moreover, it is a legal certificate that both the seller's tax obligation and the buyer's input tax amount are recorded, and it is a legal certificate that the buyer deducts taxes, which plays a key role in the calculation of value-added tax.