They are insisting on abolishing mandatory receipts for amounts under 30 euros, as the “Standard” reported on Friday. Such evidence would extend over 1,500 kilometers every day and would therefore consume large amounts of wood, said the head of the ÖVP Economic Association, Kurt Egger, in the Ö1 “Mittagsjournal”.
Christoph Matznetter, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and SPÖ economics spokesman, like other officials across all parties, is pushing for a limit of 50 euros, below which no receipts would have to be issued unless consumers request it. According to “Standard”, the Chamber of Commerce agreed on a limit of 30 euros. The corresponding amendment was sent to the Economic Parliament in June. All parties agreed to this request.
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A corresponding change in the law could come into force in mid-2025 at the earliest, said Matznetter. The Ministry of Finance told ORF that they wanted to digitize the document distribution and were currently examining the proposal.
Some companies already offer the option of choosing between a paper receipt and a digital invoice. At Spar they saved 444 kilometers of paper in the first year. Lidl Austria claims to have saved itself 11.5 million vouchers.
The Chamber of Labor, however, warned that customers would usually have to disclose their personal data in the event of digitalization. In addition, the rights surrounding the warranty must also be taken into account, said Gabriele Zgubic, an expert at the Chamber of Labor, to “Standard”.
