How to issue a sales receipt

A sales receipt is a document issued by the seller confirming the fact of payment and sale. A uniform form of such a document does not exist. A sales receipt is necessary to protect consumer rights or to confirm expenses. If the sales receipt is incorrectly filled, it will be considered invalid. Therefore, you need to know the rules for issuing a sales receipt.

You will need

Sales receipt

Instruction manual

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A sales receipt is issued at the time of payment for the goods or services.

When issuing a sales receipt, it is necessary to indicate its serial number and date of issue.

2

Next, fill in the data about the seller: full name of the individual entrepreneur or organization name; PSRN and its date of issue; number of certificate of registration and its date of issue. When filling out these data, the sales receipt is valid without printing.

3

Next, enter the name of the product or service, quantity, price and amount.

When making a sales receipt, it is forbidden to use generalized phrases. For example, you can’t write: "Purchased fishing equipment in the amount of 1100 rubles." Each product must be entered separately, for example: "lure for fishing rod 5 pieces at a price of 10 rubles; fishing line 5 pieces at 10 rubles; fishing rod 1 piece at a price of 1000 rubles."

4

At the end of the document, the total amount of the document is indicated and the signature of the responsible person is put. It is not necessary to stamp when placing a sales receipt if all the columns of the document are completed.

5

Store a sales receipt for the entire period for which a guarantee is given for the purchased product or service. A sales receipt is the primary document, therefore, its shelf life for organizations is 5 years.

rules for issuing a sales receipt