The Importance Of Receipts
When many Malawians buy items in medium to large shops that do not have cash registers machines, they do not ask for a receipt [...].
The reason for this is mainly because many Malawians do not understand the importance of having a receipt written up for them [...].
When shop owners give out receipts to all their customers, copies of all these are kept in the receipt book and the amount of all sales made by the shop owner are recorded. The importance of all sales being recorded accurately is for tax reasons.
When receipts are given out for all sales made then the tax authorities, Malawi Revenue Authority, can collect the full amount of tax that the shop owner owes the Government, by studying the receipt book of the shop.
The Government collecting the full amount of taxes it is owed is very important because taxes are a major source of funds for Government, and these funds are the ones that Government uses to build roads, schools, hospitals, buy medicines, pay civil servants, etc. [...]
So remember every time you buy an item from a medium to large shop
ASK FOR A RECEIPT!
questions
1 - the text and, in your notebook, check if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
a. Many Malawians don't know that it is important to ask for a receipt
when buying items in a shop. b. All shops in Malawi give out receipts to their clients.
c. Shop owners need to pay tax according to the amount of sales they make.
d. Malawi Revenue Authority is responsible for giving out receipts to clients. e. It's important for the shop owner to pay the correct amount of taxes because that's the money the government uses to pay for public health, education, infra-structure, etc.
2. The information in the sentences below is from the text in activity 1. How can you say those sentences in a different way? In your notebook, rewrite them using the Passive Voice.
a. Shop owners keep a copy of the receipts in the receipt book.
b. Shop owners record the amount of sales. c. Shop owners owe taxes to the government.
d. Malawi Revenue Authority collects taxes from shop owners.
3. In your notebook, answer the questions using your own ideas. Then ask a classmate those questions.
a. What would you do if you bought something and the cashier didn't give you a receipt?
b. What would you do if you owned a shop and a client asked for a receipt?
4. Scan the bar graph about online harassment and answer the following questions in your notebook.
a. What is the source of the data shown in the graph?
b. When was the survey conducted?
c. How many people took part in the survey?
5. Read the graph in activity 4 again carefully and check the correct statement about it.
a. The number of young women who were purposefully embarrassed online is higher than the number of young men.
b. The number of young women who were stalked online is almost four times higher than the number of men.
c. Physical threat is the least common type of online harassment reported by young women. d. Sixteen per cent of young women were victims of sustained harassment.
Respostas
Resposta:
a. Many Malawians don't know that it is important to ask for a receipt
when buying items in a shop. TRUE
b. All shops in Malawi give out receipts to their clients. FALSE
c. Shop owners need to pay tax according to the amount of sales they make. TRUE
d. Malawi Revenue Authority is responsible for giving out receipts to clients. FALSE
e. It's important for the shop owner to pay the correct amount of taxes because that's the money the government uses to pay for public health, education, infra-structure, etc. TRUE
a. Shop owners keep a copy of the receipts in the receipt book.
a copy of receipts in the receipt book is kept by shop owners
b. Shop owners record the amount of sales.
the amount of sales is recorded by shop owners
c. Shop owners owe taxes to the government.
the government taxes is owed by shop owners
d. Malawi Revenue Authority collects taxes from shop owners.
taxes from shop owners are collected by malawi revenue authority
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