Hi Everyone

Have any of you experienced this?

A restaurant has ++ price, so 10% Service Charge and plus 7% VAT and then when you ask for Corporate VAT receipt they can not provide one?

This happened twice for me, First time at a Restaurant I can not recall which one and Recently in a Korean BBQ at Udomsuk, They had a big sign say +VAT so you should know. And when asking for a VAT receipt they said they can not provide one and I asked how come? Answer was No can not, we have no Service Charge... So I would guess they call it VAT but is a Service Charge and they never pay anything to Revenue Department.

By the way, I hate the ++ on the price in the menu and they have it I seldom or never give any tip. I consider print Business cards that state "Service Charge = NO TIP !" and leave instead. Many Countries the ++ way Illegal.

The VAT receipt issue is a fair question. Everything after that feels like you're looking for something to be annoyed about.

Not tipping because a service charge has already been added is fair but a personal choice.

Carrying around cards saying "Service Charge = NO TIP!" is just petty. And jumping from a missing VAT receipt to assuming the restaurant isn't paying tax is speculation without any evidence.

What started as a valid consumer complaint quickly turns into a crusade over a few baht.