"Richard J." wrote in message
o.uk...
tim (moved to sweden) wrote:
"James Farrar" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:18:36 +0000, U n d e r a c h i e v e r
wrote:

As has been pointed out here, some people, myself included, will
from time to time pay cash.

You will choose to pay more than you need to? Why?

Because it gives me a receipt that my employer will refund.

I don't understand this insistence on having a receipt for a tube
journey in order to claim expenses. What happened pre-Oyster? You got
a single ticket which was swallowed by the exit gate. So you claimed
without a receipt. That's the way it always used to happen for public
transport fares, or at any rate low-value ones. There's no VAT to
reclaim on fares, so it's just a question of satisfying your employer
that your claim is reasonable. Provided the rules are clear within the
company, Revenue & Customs should be happy.

Other country's tax collectors are not so forgiving.

You have to jump through hoops to get a piece of paper.
Often this means overpaying to get a one day pass....
....but if they move to oyster as well :-(

tim