Here in Germany, there’s a law to prevent tax fraud, which results in companies always creating a receipt for every purchase. Even if you don’t want a receipt, they print it and then directly throw it away. (I don’t know, if the law is dumb or the companies are).
And yeah, it’s resulted in me just always taking the receipt and then usually throwing it away at home.
Taiwan had the same concern. What they did is make it so that receipts also work as lottery tickets, to encourage people to ask for them and hold on to them.
Not from Taiwan, but the way it works is that there’s a unique ID on each of the receipts. The ID is there anyways, so no additional things to be done at this point. What’s different is that a lucky ID is announced e.g. every month, and the person with the receipt can collect a small amount of money.
Reminds me, I think economists love VAT so if this were a global thing for every transaction and we could agree internationally on minimum tax rates, I think society would be better funded (but I’m def not an economist)
I’m gonna run an experiment in 2025 and keep every single receipt so I can itemize my sales tax. My state has a stupid high sales tax and I don’t believe the sales tax tables from the IRS are accurate.
Anybody say yes to bump the “yes” stats so companies don’t try anything funny based on likelihood of getting away with it?
Naw that’d be weird whistle
Edit: (for dine in) I’m totally gonna review to make sure only 20% tips were charged to my card and they weren’t fatfingered… any day now… (wonder how much I’m ahead/behind lifetime on proper tip entry)
if any of the above factors are true:
If none of the above factors are true: No. At that point to me it’s just a waste of receipt paper and my time.
As they are mandatory printed where Iam, the only choice is do i throw it away, or do they throw it away
Here in Germany, there’s a law to prevent tax fraud, which results in companies always creating a receipt for every purchase. Even if you don’t want a receipt, they print it and then directly throw it away. (I don’t know, if the law is dumb or the companies are).
And yeah, it’s resulted in me just always taking the receipt and then usually throwing it away at home.
Taiwan had the same concern. What they did is make it so that receipts also work as lottery tickets, to encourage people to ask for them and hold on to them.
Excuse me what? A lottery ticket‽
Not from Taiwan, but the way it works is that there’s a unique ID on each of the receipts. The ID is there anyways, so no additional things to be done at this point. What’s different is that a lucky ID is announced e.g. every month, and the person with the receipt can collect a small amount of money.
Big brain.
Reminds me, I think economists love VAT so if this were a global thing for every transaction and we could agree internationally on minimum tax rates, I think society would be better funded (but I’m def not an economist)
I’m gonna run an experiment in 2025 and keep every single receipt so I can itemize my sales tax. My state has a stupid high sales tax and I don’t believe the sales tax tables from the IRS are accurate.
Anybody say yes to bump the “yes” stats so companies don’t try anything funny based on likelihood of getting away with it?
Naw that’d be weird whistle
Edit: (for dine in) I’m totally gonna review to make sure only 20% tips were charged to my card and they weren’t fatfingered… any day now… (wonder how much I’m ahead/behind lifetime on proper tip entry)
Some contactless payment systems like Apple Pay can have a receipt automatically emailed if the POS system supports it.
Avoids paper waste from unwanted, avoids missing a receipt when it was wanted, and much easier to organise.
Sounds complicated. Just say yes and figure it out later.
I default to yes if asked, so I don’t have to think. Later when I’m relaxed I can make the final decision