'Authenticity of Electronic Tax Invoice' Can Now Be Verified via QR Code on National Tax Service Hometax

Starting from the 5th, the National Tax Service's Hometax platform allows users to verify the authenticity of electronic tax invoices via QR codes. On this day, the National Tax Service announced the expansion of the issuance verification service to enhance the reliability of electronic tax invoices.

Electronic tax invoices serve as proof of transactions between parties and are used in various fields, such as being submitted by transaction parties to third parties like government agencies and financial institutions as supporting documents required for bids or loan reviews.

The National Tax Service added a feature that automatically generates a QR code at the bottom when printing electronic tax invoices on Hometax, enabling users to verify the issuance of electronic tax invoices simply by scanning the code.

Previously, to verify issuance, users had to manually enter five pieces of information, including the 24-digit approval number, on Hometax or the Sontax app. Going forward, users can scan the QR code of the electronic tax invoice with their smartphones and immediately verify it on the Sontax app.

Additionally, a new service will be launched that notifies third parties, other than the transaction parties who exchanged electronic tax invoices, of any corrections or reissuances of electronic tax invoices upon application through Hometax or the Sontax app. This service allows third parties (such as government agencies and financial institutions) who have received electronic tax invoices as supporting documents for reviews from transaction parties to be informed if the transaction parties subsequently modify (cancel) the electronic tax invoices.

An official from the National Tax Service stated, "Through this service, we expect to prevent fraudulent cases where transaction parties initially submit false electronic tax invoices as supporting documents to third parties and later modify (cancel) them." He added, "The National Tax Service will continue to improve convenience for electronic tax invoice users and actively pursue administrative measures to provide taxpayer convenience."

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