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I am aware of why I need an audit trail in my business. I rarely need the paper receipt handed to my by a cashier for a bottle of water. I put it straight into

• PeterisP 9y ago
  If the cashier isn't routinely giving out the paper receipts, how do you ensure that the paper receipts exist in the first place? The assumption is that at least some of the businesses don't want that audit trail. Handing out receipts on request would/could mean that the receipts are only created if requested, and a majority of transactions can stay unregistered. The ritual of giving a receipt to you (and you putting it straight into the waste bin) visibly demonstrates that the business routinely creates the receipts for all (most?) purchases, it ensures that in the vast majority of cases the receipt actually gets produced, and if a business is routinely not producing these receipts (or having fake info in these receipts) then this would be clearly visible to the general public. This ritual has a certain social value in enforcing tax compliance, so that's why it's required despite the paper cost.