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That is actually a good point. Are they not legally required to send you a receipt? (You being the generic person that are paying for a service or goods).

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I just did some research off the back of this, and surprisingly it's not a legal requirement to provide a receipt for any sale (at least in the UK), just a recommended practice for businesses.

For LinkedIn recruiter, you'd expect almost everyone who uses it expenses it to their job, and so I'd think receipts would be universally requested

I'm not sure. In Canada, Ontario at least, I noticed our liquor store always asks "Do you want your receipt?"

It's not a convenience question. Either they throw it away for you, or they put it in the bag and you throw it out yourself. Maybe even with the bag.

Then I realized, it could only be because they hope for you to agree to making the item no longer returnable. No receipt, no return. So you (potentially) only shoot yourself in the foot by saying no.

If you buy from a convenience store, the default is usually no receipt as well, probably because few want them. But I suspect if you are buying from the lcbo (Ontario liquor monopoly) on a liquor license, ie for a restaurant, you always get a receipt. My point is that for business purchases, a receipt is basically mandatory, and most LinkedIn recruiter subscriptions would be business purchased.

Yes, in business money doesn't usually change hands without acknowledgement from both parties involved. There is no "convenience" in providing only half of a contractual exchange.

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