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> uniform invoices – widely used in Taiwan I wondered what this meant, so I looked it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Invoice_lottery https://en.wiki
by TazeTSchnitzel 9y ago
> uniform invoices – widely used in Taiwan
I wondered what this meant, so I looked it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Invoice_lottery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Invoice_lottery
To encourage businesses to report their earnings, Taiwan's tax authorities operate a receipt lottery. Genius.
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- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoIt's pretty common to buy something then be asked to pay 5% more if you want a receipt - 5% being their sales tax.
- ePierre 9y agoWut?! No, they ask you to pay 5% more when you want to pay by card: it's the Visa/Mastercard fees.
- gurkendoktor 9y agoI've experienced that kind of shenanigans in Vietnam, but never in Taiwan. What did you buy?
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoElectronics
- philliphaydon 9y agoI've never, ever, been asked to pay more for a receipt.
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agohave you ever asked for a receipt where one hasn't been offered?
- philliphaydon 9y agoYes. And never heard of any additional cost.
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoWell you must go to classier places than I do (:
- ProtoAES256 9y agoI myself had won the NT$200 prize for like 8 times in a 3 year period during my stay. It encouraged me to buy more stuffs using that money and increases transactions, boosting economy. Genius indeed.
- philliphaydon 9y agoThanks for reminding me to check all my receipts, see if I won anything tonight!
- fyfy18 9y agoHow exactly does the printing of tickets work? Most countries have special machines (owned by the lottery authority) for printing lottery tickets, but this seems to be built into the store’s POS?