Years ago whenever you bought something of value you were given a receipt, or to use the business term an invoice.
An invoice is a document that shows the Name of item, Value of Item, Value Added Tax, Delivery Cost, and so on.
These days many companies are only providing electonic invoices. In the best case via a PDF or image which you can print, but in the worst case just as a thank you message “receipt” on a website.
If you are running a business this is a problem, as you should have an invoice to match every debit, and such an invoice should indicate how much VAT was paid. An example of a bad website is the Companies Registration Office, not only do they exercise poor email practice, they also provide only a “receipt” for access charges to filed documents. Who knows what the VAT rate is for this service?
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