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[2026 Latest Edition] What Is the Assignment of Invoice System Registration Numbers Using Business Location Data?
Last Updated: 2024-04-26
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Download Free eBookThe Invoice System was implemented on October 1, 2023. You cannot receive purchase tax credits unless you record and store the additional items required by the conventional qualified invoice format. Failing to correctly understand the Invoice System will significantly impact your tax payments and your business partners. In this article, we will provide a detailed explanation, covering the background, benefits, and drawbacks of the Invoice System.
Table of Contents
1Invoice System Compliance Points for Buyers and Sellers
1-1Compliance Points for Buyers Regarding Suppliers
1-2Compliance Points for Sellers
2Buyer Preparation: Advance Confirmation with Suppliers
2-1Point 1: Evaluate Whether Your Purchases and Expenses Require Invoices
2-3Point 3: Determine How to Store and Manage Received Invoices
2-4Point 4: Determine Methods for Recording in Books and Calculating Purchase Tax Credits
3uSonar Enables Bulk Assignment of Registration Numbers to Business Partners and Suppliers
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The Invoice System affects both buyers and sellers in a transaction. Since the compliance requirements differ for each, it is necessary to take actions tailored to your specific objectives.
□ For ongoing business partners (suppliers, etc.), individually perform the following:
1. Confirm whether they are registered as an invoice issuer.
2. Share understanding regarding invoice formats and receipt methods.
□ Perform system upgrades for accounting and procurement systems as necessary.
□ Conduct employee training regarding the Invoice System.
□ Consider whether your customers require invoices.
□ Compare and evaluate the implications of registering versus not registering.
□ For ongoing business partners (customers, etc.), perform the following:
1. Share registration numbers and 2. share understanding regarding invoice formats and issuance methods.
□ Evaluate how to revise issued documents to comply with invoice requirements.
□ Consider methods for invoice issuance (e.g., providing electronic invoices).
□ Perform system upgrades for cash registers, accounting, and order management systems as necessary.
First, consider whether your company will apply the Simplified Tax System.
If applying the Simplified Tax System, there is no need to retain invoices for purchase tax credit purposes, so the following items do not need to be considered.
In principle, the retention of invoices is a requirement for purchase tax credits, even for one-time transactions that are not ongoing or for small-amount transactions.
There are exceptions where invoice retention is not required, such as for public transportation under 30,000 yen, daily allowances paid to employees, business travel expenses, and commuting allowances.
Confirm in advance whether your suppliers are registered as invoice issuers.
It is important to align your understanding with suppliers regarding what constitutes a valid invoice.
Discuss price revisions as necessary. You may also receive requests for price discussions from suppliers.
It is important to be able to manage invoices by distinguishing whether they have a registration number or not.
To apply the transitional measures (80% or 50% deduction) for taxable purchases from non-qualified invoice issuers, you must retain the itemized invoices.
Also, consider the scanner and smartphone storage methods under the Electronic Book Preservation Act.
Bookkeeping requirements will not change after the start of the Invoice System.
If applying exceptions where invoice retention is not required or transitional measures for taxable purchases from non-qualified invoice issuers, you must record that fact.
There are two methods for calculating purchase tax: the cumulative calculation method and the rebate calculation method.
(If sales tax is calculated using the cumulative method, purchase tax must also be calculated using the cumulative method.)
uSonar maintains the LBC, a proprietary corporate database. LBC covers business locations nationwide, including stores and factories, at the individual site level.
Since it also holds invoice numbers, uSonar, a customer data integration solution equipped with LBC, can perform bulk assignment of registration numbers to your internal data.
Please feel free to contact us.
In this article, we explained the supplier compliance requirements that are critical under the Invoice System.
Please proceed with your preparations after understanding the compliance points for both buyers and sellers, as well as the procedures for advance confirmation with suppliers as a buyer.
uSonar provides a Customer Data Integration Solution centered on the LBC corporate database.
By leveraging LBC, we can support the assignment of invoice registration numbers. Please check the following for detailed materials.
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