Tax compliance is being embedded across the full business process

An article republished by Guangdong tax authorities uses Midea as a case study to show how a large manufacturer is embedding tax compliance into its global operating chain. According to the report, Midea has separated its domestic tax shared-service center from its overseas tax capability center to standardize and digitize tax matters across hundreds of business entities, and in 2025 it launched a global digital tariff platform covering 13 countries for tariff tracking and intelligent customs-code classification. The article underscores that once AI investment, global supply-chain expansion, and cross-border tax-system differences come together, tax work is no longer only a filing-end task but a full-process governance capability spanning procurement, manufacturing, trade, and overseas operations. For the tax-informatization sector, this points to continued deepening of cross-border tax platforms, shared operations, and intelligent classification tools.