receipts

mrs-d_3

What information needs to be on a receipt and are hand written ones acceptable?

olly300

Mainly name and address of business.

VAT number if they are VAT registered.

Company number if they are a limited company.

Amount and VAT percentage.

I have a mixture of handwritten ones and printed ones.

The handwritten ones are always on headed paper.

Some of the printed ones due to having no details are stapled to business cards with the business's full details.

TM1976

If you mean a valid VAT invoice see the link:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/managing/charging/vat-invoices.htm
Consider you can provide less infromation for lower value invoices.

If you aren't VAT registered there are no rules on what you provide but at the very least it needs to have the amount spent. The more information tyou provide the more professional it looks. If you are dealing with people who are claiming back expenses they might prefer printed receipts to handwritten ones as they look more genuine.

mrs-d_3

Thanks TM1976 and olly300 for your replies, that's what I thought. Also do you know is it fraudulent to cross out item description on a receipt and write another? Actual amount, total or VAT wasn't changed. I bought staff uniform couple of times but crossed out description as company doesn't allow budget for that. Many thanks.

Pennywise

mrs-d wrote: »

I bought staff uniform couple of times but crossed out description as company doesn't allow budget for that.

That actually sounds like fraud to me?

00ec25

mrs-d wrote: »

I bought staff uniform couple of times but crossed out description as company doesn't allow budget for that. Many thanks.

If the uniform is for you personally, which you would otherwise have had to buy yourself, then, speaking as an auditor, that certainly is fraud, there is no question about it, you knew in advance you were breaking company rules and have used deception to hide that fact.

TM1976

If you are falsifying records it's fraud. That's what it sounds like here whether it's for personal gain or not.