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Function documentationVAT Receipt Printing

 

Value-added taxes (VAT) are taxes that are embedded in the price of an item and do not print on a customer’s receipt unless otherwise configured to do so. You can specify that a tax line is printed on receipts even if the tax rate for the transaction is zero.

VAT rates vary by country or region. For example, in Germany there are two VAT rates. For details on configuring tax tables and tax groups, see Taxes in the Configurator.

Activities

A customer can request a VAT receipt at any time during a transaction until the tendering process has begun. Typically, these receipts are used by customers who wish to reclaim from the tax authority the VAT that they have paid. A VAT registration number and item details, including a VAT symbol indicating which VAT was applied to each item, must be included on the receipt. The POS totals all VAT and non-VAT amounts and can display a total for each on the receipt.

If a customer requests a VAT receipt after he or she has already received a standard receipt, the POS can reprint a receipt labeled Duplicate that lists the VAT information.

VAT totals are captured by the system in the transaction log(TLog) for reporting purposes.

Characters can be defined and set to print beside each item to show which tax was charged on the item. For example, you can specify that a G is printed next to each item that is charged a Good and Services Tax, and an F next to each item that is charged a Federal Tax.