Good question. As I said previously, I believe it is to inhibit retailers from defrauding the feds. If the retailer prints a receipt, he is likely to submit those same records (or use them as documentation) to support his claim of total sales revenue. That is not to say it couldn't be fake, just that it is less likely. Every system will have cheaters. JMHO
Why should the government care if a receipt was issued?
Good question. As I said previously, I believe it is to inhibit retailers from defrauding the feds. If the retailer prints a receipt, he is likely to submit those same records (or use them as documentation) to support his claim of total sales revenue.
Of course there is the obvious answer as well, the legislation was not authored by the government.
Perhaps, just perhaps mind you, the bill's authors believed visibility of taxes extracted from the voters may actually lead to a change in how the electorare perceive an ever growing government.
However, there is always the mundane: Customers seem to like their receipts as regards any payments they make to busineses for their goodies. The provision mandating what's on that receipt just makes sure the customer gets a full accounting of not only the prices of his goodies, but the tax government extracts from the payment as well.
"It's like me in the restaurant: What do I care about extravagance if you're footing the bill?"
Walter Williams