Shops that don't give proper receipts

[NotReallyButSeriously]

What can I do about this?

Ive been buying food from the sole place close to my present work place but for the last 2 weeks their receipt printer has been broken.

I've asked them to write down my receipt on paper but will this be enough to please the tax man?

[NotAllThere]

Sole place? This some kind of fishmongers?

A hand written receipt is perfectly fine for evidence of expense. But for vat reclaim, you must have a VAT receipt. Though when I was inspected many moons ago, the guy from C&E (yes, it was that long ago), didn't care, so long as the VAT number was on the receipt.

[NotReallyButSeriously]

Sole place? This some kind of fishmongers?

A hand written receipt is perfectly fine for evidence of expense. But for vat reclaim, you must have a VAT receipt. Though when I was inspected many moons ago, the guy from C&E (yes, it was that long ago), didn't care, so long as the VAT number was on the receipt.

Lol, but in all seriousness I'm just claiming for expenses. They write the receipts like this.

Food shop x

1 x chicken curry - 36p
1 x luwak coffee. - £20084.64

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Total - £20085.00



The thing is if this is all they are writing down wouldn't this be susceptible to tax scammers adding extras on or making up their own ones.

[NotAllThere]

Don't tell anyone, but I once was a permie, and I lost the receipt for a meal, so I created one on my computer, and claimed using that. I.e. they're so easy to forge, who cares whether it's hand written or on a roll of cheap recycled paper.

Get the guy to write "paid in full" and sign it. I really don't see a problem.

[NotReallyButSeriously]

Don't tell anyone, but I once was a permie, and I lost the receipt for a meal, so I created one on my computer, and claimed using that. I.e. they're so easy to forge, who cares whether it's hand written or on a roll of cheap recycled paper.

Get the guy to write "paid in full" and sign it. I really don't see a problem.

How dastardly of you.

I'll get him to sign it in future, Thanks for the information, shouldn't really matter anyway as I'm working through an umbrella and it's only my food expenses.

[Sockpuppet]

Or constantly ask caebbies for a card which most of the time is a reciept on the back

[SueEllen]

Or constantly ask caebbies for a card which most of the time is a reciept on the back

Some of them actually give you a few cards if you ask them honestly for a receipt.

[jmo21]

Some of them actually give you a few cards if you ask them honestly for a receipt.

I probably skimmed about £500 in my first job using taxi receipts like this. I'm not proud of it now I have to say.

[NotReallyButSeriously]

Or constantly ask caebbies for a card which most of the time is a reciept on the back

Don't cabbies use the print out receipt by law now? Never used one, but I remembed hearing that in the news years ago. Are the pen and paper cabbie receipts still Ok to submit?

[Wanderer]

I probably skimmed about £500 in my first job using taxi receipts like this. I'm not proud of it now I have to say.

Like these ones?