Understanding the GUI Number in China

The GUI (government uniform invoice) format and legal numbering is the basis for all tax reporting and audit requirements. The State Taxation Authority requires that specific data, such as invoice and VAT information, be transferred to them on preprinted invoice forms that contain legal GUI numbers. All GUI numbers must be tracked and accounted for. After a GUI number is printed on an invoice, the number cannot be canceled.

To print invoices with the GUI number, you create a flat file from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, or Sales Order Management system. You then upload the file into the Golden Tax (JinShui) software system. The Golden Tax system prints the invoice on a preformatted form and generates a flat file that you upload into the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne system to record the GUI number for the invoice.