Digital receipts and e-receipts: how they work and where to keep them
A digital receipt arrives by email, app or QR code instead of on thermal paper. It counts as full proof of purchase and never fades, but it gets lost easily.
What is on a receipt, how long it is valid, what you need it for.
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A digital receipt arrives by email, app or QR code instead of on thermal paper. It counts as full proof of purchase and never fades, but it gets lost easily.
How long to keep receipts: two years for warranty claims, until your tax assessment is final for deductions, ten years for business. Everything else can go.
Learn to read a receipt line by line: what receipt abbreviations like Stk, MWST, A/B, Rundung, TSE and UID mean, and which lines you need for bookkeeping and warranty.
How to write a receipt in one minute: date, place, amount in figures and words, purpose, payer, recipient and signature. With a template and the rules for VAT.
Receipt vs invoice explained: an invoice asks for payment, a receipt confirms it was received, and a till slip does both at once, printed at the checkout.
Receipt for warranty claims: you need proof of purchase, not necessarily the till slip. Returns without a receipt are goodwill. Save receipts before they fade.