Elementary Getting an Official Receipt

ChinesePod - Beginner by ChinesePod LLC

Sep 9, 202600:15:30Education

If you intend to claim something as an expense in China, you need an "official receipt" (AKA "fapiao"). So don't just fight over the bill -- make sure you get this government-issued scrap of paper to make it official. Le...

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