Digital Alternative to Receipt Obligation

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The obligation to issue receipts has been in place in Germany since the beginning of 2020 and has been keeping retailers and business people busy in the retail sector ever since. But with the QR code, invented by DENSO WAVE, part of the Toyota Group, there is a digital alternative to printed receipts.

The obligation to issue receipts was introduced in botim database Germany to curb black market trading as much as possible. The obligation to issue receipts is intended to make it more difficult for retailers, restaurateurs and other professional groups who might conceal part of their income to generate that same additional income illegally.

Italy, Austria, France, Albania and Romania already have a law requiring receipts - and the concept is working. According to estimates by the tax union and the Federal Audit Office, Germany loses at least ten billion euros per year due to black market trading. But the obligation to issue receipts also means environmental pollution and bureaucratic effort - just two of the aspects that the obligation to issue receipts brings with it.