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What on earth is the point of getting a receipt? On-line payment
means
you have proof enough from your own bank statement. And since when is
there VAT on council tax?

You only ever need a receipt for someone else's benefit - so if the
need
ever arises, just send them your CFfile.... they'll soon decode it if
they're really interested....

An email of complaint has been sent to Council but I bet they do
now't
as per usual

Good job too - I don't want them wasting my money on receipts for
fully
traceable transactions.

HTH

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Martin

Here's what it says on the receipt Martin

OFFICIAL INTERNET PAYMENT VAT RECEIPT

OK. I deduce you can pay for other stuff on the same site, some of which
may be VATable - hence the supplier (council) is including its VAT Reg
No.
etc on _all_ receipts, and calling them _all_ VAT receipts. Or maybe
they
know something of Gordon's plans which we don't - and are preparing
themselves.... :-((

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Martin

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Everything supplied by an organisation which is VAT registered should
be supplied with a VAT receipt. If the item/service is zero rated for
VAT, the VAT receipt will show that no VAT has been charged, but it is
still a VAT receipt.

It is important that online payment systems give proper receipts. If I
pay council tax on a house which I've bought to let, the council tax
is a business expense, and I need to keep proper records. It's a real
pain when companies or councils assume that because most of their
customers don't need real receipts, they don't have to bother.


I understand your concern, but it's important to distinguish between
invoices and receipts. Council Tax (like most things) is not paid until
you've rec'd the bill (aka invoice). Your own records (bank
statements-cum-cash book) are sufficient for you to know payment has been
made. HMRC (for both income tax and VAT purposes) do not expect to see, and
don't ask for, receipts. For VAT purposes, I wouldn't dream of paying
anyone until I had a VAT invoice in my hand, Otherwise, the supplier's
failure to supply a "VAT receipt" would debar me from recovering input VAT -
even if I was cash accounting for VAT.

Obviously, there are times when supply and payment coincide - eg fuel at the
petrol station. If you look at the "VAT receipt" they give you (when
requested!) you'll see it is effectively an itemised VAT invoice, a receipt
and a Statement of Account all in one.

HTH

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Martin

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