First of all, lawyers should issue invoices in time after collecting lawyer's service fees. If you don't give an invoice, it's not unreasonable, but a serious violation.
In addition, according to the law, lawyers' service fees, fees paid on behalf of clients and travel expenses for handling cases in different places are uniformly collected by law firms. Without permission, a lawyer may not charge any fees to the client. In addition, it is illegal to collect fees privately, and you can complain to the local lawyers association or the judicial bureau. If the amount is serious, it constitutes a crime.
Because law firms are taxpayers of business tax, cases entrusted by lawyers should follow the national invoice management measures and issue invoices supervised by tax authorities. Otherwise, it is a tax-related illegal act.
In addition to complaining to the Bar Association and the Judicial Bureau, you can also complain to the local competent local tax authorities, which will coordinate or handle it. Of course, you can continue to ask the attorney to provide legal and valid invoices, because your requirements for invoices are legal and reasonable, and your requirements are based on laws and regulations.
In addition, Article 40 of the Lawyers Law also stipulates that lawyers shall not commit the following acts in their practice:
1, accepting entrustment, charging fees, accepting property or other benefits from the client without permission.
2. Use the convenience of providing legal services to seek disputed rights and interests for the parties.
3. Accepting property or other benefits from the other party, and maliciously colluding with the other party or a third party to infringe upon the rights and interests of the client.
Extended data:
Service fee invoice:
The service fee is the fee charged by the service industry after providing you with certain business, and the invoice is some non-VAT services. The tax rate of service charge is based on the total price, which is different from value-added tax.
Service industry refers to the business of providing labor and services to the society by using equipment, tools, places, information or skills.
China's service industry, according to the classification of national economic industries, refers to a part of the tertiary industry, including catering, accommodation, tourism, warehousing, leasing, advertising, various agency services, provision of labor services, hairdressing, photography, bathing, various technical services and consulting services.
The taxation scope of service industry includes: agency, hotel, catering, tourism, warehousing, leasing, advertising and other service industries.
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