How to design a receipt

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Receipts are legal documents that provide details about a transaction---sales, donation,

materials received or petty cash. The document can be used to track incoming revenue,

identify a return of materials, or keep track of inventory. Some businesses may have further

receipt requirements that include facility identification numbers, customer numbers,

and business tax numbers. Knowing federal, state and local government requirements

pertaining to taxes and identification before designing the receipt prevents the need

to re-design the document.

Instructions

1. 1

   Decide what type of receipt is needed and how it will be used and printed.

2. 2

   Identify all the information needed for the particular receipt. For example, a sales receipt will need to indicate a date, the names of the parties making the transaction, the form of transaction (cash, credit card, store credit), the items being purchased, state, local and federal sales tax (if applicable), and a place to note the total amount of the transaction.

3. 3

   Identify all the different departments that will handle the receipt and ask what they need to see on the document.

4. 4

   Design the receipt using the information in Steps 1 through 3. Sketch the receipt design on paper before creating the document in a computer graphics program.

5. 5

   Include any other information that may be pertinent for the customer--return policy, available discounts and coupons, fees charged for restocking merchandise, and business identification numbers.

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