The incident
"It's too difficult to get an invoice after eating in a restaurant." Recently, Ms. Liu reflected her experience to the media. Earlier, Ms. Liu and her husband dined in a restaurant, after the meal to be invoiced, the restaurant staff said, "Our invoices run out, you come back next week to get it." A week later, Ms. Liu went to the restaurant to get the invoice, the store staff still said that there is no invoice in the store, asking Ms. Liu to come to pick up some time. Ms. Liu said: "They just keep dragging, dragging to when you don't want until, they simply do not want to give the invoice."
The media went to the restaurant where Ms. Liu dined and encountered the same situation. The staff gave the explanation that there is no invoice in the store, the media asked when there, the staff said "not very clear". After the media visited more than 20 restaurants, about 60% of the restaurants do not provide invoices, and many restaurants said that "there is no invoice at present", "you can play a white slip". There was even one restaurant that said it could issue invoices when the media called to order food, but when the media asked on the spot, the staff said, "We don't have invoices here, so don't ask for invoices, just take some drinks or something". A businessman said, not invoiced in the restaurant industry is not a secret, many times can not open on not open.
In the interview, some customers reflected their own invoices in the demand for invoices also encountered such a situation, "invoices run out, you come back in a few days", "do not want to invoice you choose a few things", "we have just opened, there is no invoice". There are no invoices yet."
Legal Interpretation
What is the behavior of the catering industry is overbearing:
1, "prohibited to bring their own drinks"
2, "reduce the booking of seats must be informed fifteen days in advance, otherwise the full amount of charges"
3, "the reduction of the booking of seats must be informed fifteen days in advance, otherwise the full amount of charges. p>
3, "Please take care of their own belongings, the loss of the store is not responsible for" or "public **** place please bring your belongings, if lost at your own risk."
4. "The cost of sterilized tableware is one yuan." Or "Sterilized tableware is charged separately."
5, "The restaurant discount does not give invoices."
6, "The minimum consumption of private rooms xx yuan."
The invoice is the basis for economic transactions between consumers and operators, the main basis for tax control by the tax department, but also an important basis for consumers to claim compensation when their interests are harmed.
According to the provisions of Article 21 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests, "The operator shall provide goods or services, and shall issue to the consumer proof of purchase or service documents in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State or commercial practice; if the consumer asks for the proof of purchase or service documents, the operator must issue them. "
Therefore, the operator is obliged to provide invoices for consumers, and if the operator does not fulfill its obligations, consumers can reflect to the tax department or complain to the Consumer Association.