Receipt help

Taiwan Living in Taiwan
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I’m lost about receipts. I’m learning Chinese but it is very poor at this point. I’ve been here ~4 months.

I guess common convenience stores like Family Mart and 7-11 are supposed to always give (paper or electronic) receipts? They rarely give me a paper receipt. I usually use my EasyCard, if that matters at all.

Are the receipts that I have not been receiving stored anywhere like some account associated with my EasyCard? I’m guessing not unless I had already done something like the following:

Today I finally downloaded this Invoice Passbook app and got a barcode. Can I just show this barcode to them or will this lead to a barrage of questions?

Is there a way to associate my EasyCard with the Invoice Passbook account so that I don’t have to show the barcode and whatever I buy with my EasyCard will automatically have the invoice stored?

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EasyCard can store digital receipts. You can check if you won using the terminals in convenience stores.

Read up all about digital receipts here:
https://www.translatingtaiwan.com/2017/09/06/taiwans-receipt-lottery-get-virtual-receipts-and-connect-to-your-bank-account/

You can link your EasyCard to your ‘Mobile Phone Barcode’ to have all digital receipts accumulate at one place.

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While we’re on the subject, be sure you demand a receipt at places that are supposed to issue them. There’s a restaurant in my neighborhood that never voluntarily gives you a receipt unless you ask for it. How much tax has it evaded over the years is anyone’s guess :angry: