Copy invoices..

[Libretto]

Anyone know what the lgal situation is with regard to giving copy invoices to customers? Someone told me that all copies given out must be clearly marked 'Copy' so as to stop any potential fraud by a customer maybe claiming back VAT twice on the same invoice. However customers are complaining that the Revenue wont accept invoices with 'copy' on them. Surely this is between the customer and the revenue and is not my companyes responsibility?

 

[DB74]

Each and every invoice should have a unique invoice number so there I don't see a problem with issuing a copy to a client without the word "copy" on it.

 

[T McGibney]

Someone told me that all copies given out must be clearly marked 'Copy' so as to stop any potential fraud by a customer maybe claiming back VAT twice on the same invoice. However customers are complaining that the Revenue wont accept invoices with 'copy' on them.

The prevalent use of emailed softcopy invoices has presumably made much of this sort of bureaucratic nitpicking redundant?