Why do we have to ask for VAT receipts for petrol?
I know why we need them, but why is it necessary to ask for them to be printed and handed over? Why aren't they given out automatically?
I've done shedloads of driving all over the UK this past couple of years. Invariably, when paying for petrol you get a receipt. But it is marked "* THIS IS NOT A VAT RECEIPT *". Why do they do that?
Many moons ago, I used to code retail systems (programmable tills and their like) and so I know there is no technical reason why a VAT receipt should be separate.
Everywhere else you go (i.e. other than petrol stations), every receipt is a VAT receipt.
So, what is it about petrol stations that they do not give you a VAT receipt automatically, and that instead you have to ask for it and it comes as a separate receipt?
I know why we need them, but why is it necessary to ask for them to be printed and handed over? Why aren't they given out automatically?
I've done shedloads of driving all over the UK this past couple of years. Invariably, when paying for petrol you get a receipt. But it is marked "* THIS IS NOT A VAT RECEIPT *". Why do they do that?
Many moons ago, I used to code retail systems (programmable tills and their like) and so I know there is no technical reason why a VAT receipt should be separate.
Everywhere else you go (i.e. other than petrol stations), every receipt is a VAT receipt.
So, what is it about petrol stations that they do not give you a VAT receipt automatically, and that instead you have to ask for it and it comes as a separate receipt?
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