Dodgy till receipt? Any VAT experts here?

[anonymous-user]

This was just posted by someone local to me on Facebook.

It is till receipt from a local newsagents, one that I used to frequent myself on an almost daily basis.

Simple question: can anyone explain what is going on with the VAT here?

[anonymous-user]

ooo000ooo said:

Whatever the 4th item was didn't scan properly so was put through the till as miscellaneous and vat due on it. Presumably they have a code for miscellaneous and vat exempt as well?

There was definitely only 3 items purchased.

[anonymous-user]

V8OW said:

Well they were charged 80p for something they didn't buy!

That was the suspicion.

But I thought I would run it past the experts!

[anonymous-user]

So, to sum up... The shop is fiddling both the customer and HMRC?