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For accounting purposes the bank receipt will rarely have the details needed for tax (eg in Australia that don't include the ABN).

• chillfox 4y ago
  The vast majority of the things I buy don't need receipts to be kept and reported for tax. It's personal stuff like a streaming subscription, a book or a game. And the times I have tried to claim expenses as work related (in Australia) that I bought online I have run into the problem that the receipt provided by the company is ambiguous (not sufficient by itself) because amounts were just specified with a $ symbol instead of USD/AUD.
  • nl 4y ago
    > have run into the problem that the receipt provided by the company is ambiguous (not sufficient by itself) because amounts were just specified with a $ symbol instead of USD/AUD Claiming expenses is different to tax requirements. With tax you need the receipt as a record, but the general ledger actually records the amount in whatever currency you use. For expense claims every company does it differently.
    • chillfox 4y ago
      I mean, the few times I have handed a receipt to an accountant to do my tax they have asked me what currency it's in and I have had to go to the bank records to answer that. Anyway, it's besides the point. The point is that online stores should ask, a tick box would do, as the majority of the time I don't want the receipt and don't need it for anything at all.