Golden Tax Phase IV & Fully Digitalized e-Invoice (FDEI) Compliance Solution

Golden Tax Phase IV & Fully Digitalized e-Invoice (FDEI) Compliance Solution

Around the Golden Tax Phase IV "data-driven tax governance" and fully digitalized e-invoice (FDEI) requirements, SUREINFO provides an integrated compliance solution spanning the full invoice lifecycle, input/output VAT collaboration, filing reconciliation, and electronic accounting archives. Deeply integrated with SAP, it digitalizes invoicing, receipt, filing, and archiving - helping reduce tax risk while improving filing efficiency and compliance transparency (results vary by current state).

With the full rollout of Golden Tax Phase IV, tax authorities now rely on a new governance model of "data-driven tax governance, invoice-based tax control, and cross-department data connectivity" to conduct penetrating supervision over corporate invoicing, filing, and fund flows. Fully digitalized e-invoices (FDEI) replacing paper invoices and full-process electronification is now certain - corporate tax compliance is shifting from manual reconciliation to closed-loop data governance.

SUREINFO's Golden Tax Phase IV & FDEI compliance solution covers the full invoicing, receipt, filing, and archiving lifecycle, helping enterprises achieve integrated, automated, and auditable invoice and tax operations within SAP - reducing compliance risk and improving filing efficiency.

China VAT and e-invoice compliance flow

Policy background: from "invoice-based tax control" to "data-driven governance"

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Golden Tax Phase IV
Built on tax big data, connecting tax, banking, industry & commerce, social security, and other government data for comprehensive monitoring of business and tax matters.
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FDEI
Fully electronic issuance, transmission, and archiving replacing paper and traditional e-invoices, with structured invoice data (XML) - invoices are delivered upon issuance and data leaves an audit trail.
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Tax-authority direct connectivity
Enterprise systems can connect directly to tax platforms for invoicing, receiving, and collection, requiring standard data interfaces and processing capabilities.

Key compliance risks

Fragmented invoice management

Input and output invoice management is fragmented; tax amount reconciliation relies on manual effort, prone to missed receipts, incorrect crediting, and input/output mismatches.

Inconsistent filing data

Filing data is inconsistent with ledger and invoice data, making reconciliation difficult and increasing the risk of late filings and penalties.

Non-compliant archiving

Non-compliant electronic accounting archive practices fail to meet tax inspection requirements for data closed loops and retention periods.

No unified data view

Multiple entities, tax numbers, and systems coexist without a unified data view and governance mechanism.

FDEI implementation essentials

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XML data collection
Establish unified receipt, parsing, validation, and storage for FDEI messages to support fully structured invoice data.
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Credit note and reversal compliance
Handle erroneous issuance, voiding, and red-letter invoice scenarios per FDEI rules to keep books and invoices consistent.
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Compliant archiving
Digital archiving of e-invoices and source documents to satisfy retention, retrieval, and audit requirements.

SUREINFO's approach

Deep SAP integration

Connect e-invoice platforms, tax-authority direct connectivity, and invoicing interfaces across sales, procurement, finance, and tax modules.

Integrated input/output VAT

Unified management of input and output invoices with automatic tax amount reconciliation and input VAT transfer-out handling.

Filing reconciliation and audit traceability

Automatic reconciliation and exception detection between filing data, general ledger, and invoices, forming an auditable full-lifecycle audit trail.

Implementation path and value

SUREINFO adopts a phased approach - current-state assessment, blueprint design, pilot go-live, full rollout, and ongoing operation - combined with your existing SAP landscape and business characteristics to deliver a tailored, executable solution. Enterprises can achieve automated invoicing and receipt, transparent filing reconciliation, and controlled tax risk, helping improve tax team efficiency and compliance resilience (results vary by current state).

If you would like to conduct a Golden Tax Phase IV and FDEI gap assessment and roadmap design based on your current situation, please contact SUREINFO's consulting team for tailored recommendations.

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