SWEDEN: Consumers do not care for paper receipts
Only four in ten always take receipt issued by certified cash register when they visit restaurants or cafes. When they buy clothing, electronics, books, or building materials, it is twice as many, 85%, who always ma
kes sure they receive confirmation of their purchase, according to a survey conducted by the Tax Agency. Women and older people are taking far more often than younger receipt and men.
Tax Agency’s interest in how often people look to get a receipt. Is there incentive in the desire to curb evasion in cash sector?
The proportion who always takes receipt varies greatly among different industries:
- 34% always take receipt of the shoemaker, the tailor and the laundry
- 38% always take receipt of a hairdresser, masseuse, podiatry and similar services
- 44% always take receipt for restaurant and cafe
- 44% always take receipt of the florist
- 66% always take a receipt in the supermarket
- 85% always take receipts in other retail outlets in the purchase of, for example, clothes, electronics, books and building materials
Source: Skatteverkets pressmeddelande
It is evident that people take less care for justification of their purchases if goods or service bought have no value for income tax deduction or refund claims if not satisfied after the purchase. The room for evading tax remains high.
Lottery paired with paperless receipts issued through vSDC is the perfect combination for next generation of certified cash registers in Sweden.
