Invoice（Tax Culture Series）

Author: Li Shengliang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Although an invoice is a small item, it can reveal great significance. This book popularizes and broadens academic understanding, providing a comprehensive introduction to the history, reality, achievements, and sentiments of invoices. From the well-preserved old invoices collected in the book, we can witness political fluctuations, trace the origins of enterprises, appreciate local customs and culture, and examine social changes. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 "An Invoice as Knowledge" focuses on tracing the origins of invoices, clarifying their basic and extended functions; Chapter 2 "An Invoice as Culture" explains the cultural characteristics of invoices from the perspectives of substance, aesthetics, and society; Chapter 3 "An Invoice as an Artifact" treats invoices as historical materials, striving to reveal some academic clues within them; Chapter 4 "An Invoice as a Token of Trust" explores how legally printed and authentically filled invoices can become credible evidence; Chapter 5 "An Invoice as a Tool" aims to summarize the tax control principles of invoices, trace the historical origins of invoices as tax control tools, discuss the pros and cons of invoice ownership management, and evaluate the merits and demerits of prize invoices. This book is the opening volume of the Tax Hand Culture Series. Target Audience: General tax personnel, accountants, consumers, collectors, history enthusiasts, and scholars for review and reference.