New Regulations In Shanghai: Luxury Stores Ban The Opening Of Office Supplies Invoices

According to media reports, a number of shopping malls in Nanjing road in Shanghai have long been suspected of "false opening" luxury invoices. Customers bought luxury goods clearly. The name of the invoice items is marked as "office supplies" or "gifts".

It is worth mentioning that gold, jewelry and jewelry shopping invoices are equally flexible.

Consumers in Shanghai new world city to buy Consumer cards can open office supplies invoices, and consumption card can buy luxury goods and other commodities.

In September 17th, a number of luxury stores or counters in Nanjing Road, Shanghai, opened up "office supplies" invoices for customers, which was reported by the media.

On the same day, www.thepaper.cn reporters found that the luxury goods counters of Shanghai landmark Plaza, Bailian World Trade Plaza and so on had received the so-called notice of issuing "office supplies" invoices for luxury goods in recent days.

However, there are still edge ball players.

For example, the new world city staff said that the purchase of consumer cards to open "office supplies" invoices is legitimate, and whether consumers use cards to buy luxury goods, shopping centres have no right to ask.

At the OMEGA store in the Plaza, the shop assistant can clearly turn the watch invoice into "office supplies".

In a number of luxury stores in Bailian Shimao International Plaza, when a reporter suggested that they should purchase official gifts, the clerk indicated that they could issue "office supplies" invoices for reimbursement.

According to the "People's Republic of China" issued by the State Council

The Management Measures stipulate that no unit or individual shall have the following invoices for false Invoicing: (1) invoke invoices for others and for themselves to be inconsistent with the actual business situations; (two) let others make invoices that do not conform to their actual business situations; (three) introduce other invoices which are inconsistent with the actual business situations.

According to the above media, Shanghai tax hotline 12366 staff said, "false invoice" behavior alleged violation.

In September 17th, surging journalists visited Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, as well as MontBlanc, Longines and other special counters and stores in Nanjing West Road and Jingan Temple in Nanjing West Road, and some businessmen in Xujiahui. No luxury merchant agreed to issue "office supplies" invoices in the sale of luxury items such as watches.

However, some merchants said that there had been precedents for the sale of luxury goods invoices for office supplies.

During the visit, surging journalists found that luxury goods counters such as Shanghai real estate Plaza, Bailian World Trade Plaza and other luxury goods were received in recent days.

Shanghai land Plaza

The salesperson of the watch counter said they could open the office supplies invoice before, but in September 17th, they were notified that they could not open the invoice of office supplies.

Bailian World Trade Plaza, a layer of MontBlanc counters salesperson also said that they received a notice in the previous period, strict regulations can not open the "office supplies" invoice.

Compared with Nanjing road pedestrian street before the opening of "office supplies" invoices, in the Jingan Temple Business District of Nanjing West Road, many luxury stores have never falsely opened "office supplies" invoice.

In the OMEGA counters on the first floor of Jiu Guang Department store, the salesman told the surging news reporters that they could not open the "office supplies" invoice. "Our clocks and watches have never been able to open" office supplies "invoices. It is impossible to get" office supplies "invoices everywhere in Shanghai.

The surging journalists then visited the Cartire store in the east commercial building in Xujiahui. The clerk said it was inconvenient to open office supplies, but could open watches and gifts.

In the Pacific department store in Xujiahui, when asked if he could make out invoices for office supplies or gifts, the salesperson was very firm in his attitude: "can't open, there is no way to open."

Up to the surging press release, we have not contacted the Bailian World Trade Center and the management of the land Plaza.

There is a gold shop staff revealed that in the new world city to buy large commodities such as gold bars, you can also open "office supplies" invoices.

The secret is that customers can purchase consumer cards first, then make invoices for office supplies, then use consumer cards to buy gold bars at subordinate stores.

The survey found that many new gold stores in the new world city seem familiar with such tricks.

According to the report,

Relevant responsible person said, according to the shopping malls regulations, shopping in the physical store to buy goods, what to buy according to commodity category invoice, can not open office supplies invoice.

However, in order to buy the invoices for office supplies and purchase luxury goods or gold with consumer cards, the person in charge told the surging journalists that it was different from the office supplies for buying luxuries in the shopping mall. In the business scope of the new world, there was "office supplies". That is to say, if you buy a consumer card in the mall, you can really issue "office supplies" invoice, which is legal.

"But consumers do not have the right to buy anything with a consumer card."

The person in charge said, "but conversely, it turns out that the store intentionally lets consumers do that, putting the cart before the horse."

As of press release, Shanghai's relevant taxation and Commerce Commission departments have not yet responded to the matter.