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Many companies are constantly receiving false invoices without knowing it. We explain how to detect and avoid this problem so that you can live in peace with the SAT.
The receipt of apocryphal Digital Tax Receipts via Internet (CFDI) is becoming increasingly common in companies. It is enough to know that, in a seven-year period, the Tax Administration Service (SAT) identified that 10,990 companies issued false tax receipts (CFDI).
Generally, companies that issue false invoices do so to avoid paying taxes, or to maneuver and obtain credit balances. Whatever the motive, the truth is that this practice puts at risk not only those who buy the invoice, but also those who receive it without knowing that it is false, because once the SAT detects apocryphal CFDIs, it opens an investigation with those involved.
The penalties for the use of false CFDIs are serious: upon detecting this practice, the authority may charge a company with tax fraud, a crime punishable even with imprisonment. If your company can prove that the invoice it received is false and it is not involved in the fraud, it will be exempt from any penalty; however, the investigation process may harm or hinder your company's processes. That is why the SAT suggests always verifying the CFDIs received.
How to identify a false CFDI
An apocryphal CFDI has the same information as a valid one, so identifying it is not easy. To facilitate the process and do it quickly and efficiently, using a technological tool, such as an API, for example, is essential and can be a less costly alternative (in human and financial resources or time investment) than validating directly at the SAT.
In kiban cloud we have a hub of APIs among which is CFDI. With this API, through a call or query, you can verify before the SAT the UUID of the stamping, the amount and the RFC of both the issuer and the receiver of the document. Remember that the UUID is the equivalent of the fiscal folio and, therefore, it must be unique and unrepeatable.
Today you can start a free kiban cloud account. By doing so you will receive 250 USD of free credit to test this API and other tools that will help you improve your business processes.
