To exchange e-fapiao in China, you must complete registration steps with an STA-approved local service provider complete the State Taxation Administration (STA) identity authentication steps to issue invoices.

Prerequisites

Before ecosio can set up the connection, you must:

1. Have a VAT-registered legal entity in China.
2. Provide a unique identifier for your company and any subsidiaries you want to activate, such as your local tax identifier.
3. Appoint and set up at least one authorised tax agent in the Electronic Tax Bureau who can complete facial recognition identity verification when you issue invoices.

Request connector set-up

After completing the prerequisites, send the following information to your ecosio Integration Engineer:

• Your company legal name and local tax identifiers for each entity.
• Confirmation of the primary contacts who can complete facial recognition identity verification in the Electronic Tax Bureau mobile app.

Your Integration Engineer will create a connection ticket, which you can use to track the connector set-up status on the Onboardings page.