Receipts, as a document, serve as proof. Suppose a man hires a gas man to make a new connection in his house. They both agree that the payment will be made in two installments: When the homeowner pays first, the gas company gives him a receipt that works like a record. On the paper you can read: "I received from Mr. X the sum of Y pesos for". In this way, in the event of a possible demand from the gas due to an alleged lack of payment, the person who hired the service can show the receipt, which must be signed by the person who is saving the money.
There are different formats of receipts. In some cases, the same receipt is completed in duplicate, leaving a copy for the one who pays and another for the one who gets the money. In other cases, an invoice can serve as a receipt.
The difference between the invoice and the receipt, in any case, is important, since the receipts generally have no tax value or function as a voucher linked to a tax. There are other related terms, which are generally also perceived as synonyms by the general public, although an entrepreneur must understand them perfectly to try to conduct their business with the greatest transparency and legality possible.
A payment certificate serves to legitimize that you have paid for a service or product. Sometimes it also has the function of fiscal control.
There are different types depending on the format, if it is registered, and other characteristics:
- Invoice or bill payment: are the data of the sender and recipient, the details of the products and services supplied, unit prices, total prices, discounts and taxes.
- Ticket or ticket: these are usually printed by a fiscal printer (where it is registered) on a roll of paper (which is then cut manually or automatically) of a width considerably smaller than the invoices. Each ticket is registered in the printer's memory automatically. In Argentina, those with a fiscal printer must print tickets without exception (there is no minimum amount).
- Proof or receipt of payment: there are the details of the check issued in favor of a person or company, and the detail of the invoices or services that are paid with this issued check, who operates it, who reviews it, who receives it according to with the description, date of receipt, description of the invoices (numbers paid), total prices, discounts and taxes. It is used to record by a company what was paid or made with the issuance of said check that is in the copy of the receipt.
