Does this receipt for paying property fees have legal effect?

In the process of purchasing goods or receiving services, the party who pays the goods or expenses often asks the other party to issue an "invoice". Both invoices and receipts have legal effect, but "invoices" are more formal and standardized documents than receipts. The so-called invoice refers to the receipt and payment vouchers issued and collected in business activities such as buying and selling goods, providing or receiving services. In a formal transaction, it is necessary for the buyer to ask the other party to issue an invoice when paying for the goods.

Legal analysis

The receipt must be stamped with the official seal. A receipt without an official seal has no legal effect and is not conducive to safeguarding one's legitimate rights and interests in the event of a dispute. Receipt is the original voucher used by enterprises and institutions in economic activities, which mainly refers to the receipt and payment voucher printed by the financial department and stamped with the supervision seal of financial bills for administrative income, that is, non-tax business. However, the receipt without official seal is of little effect, because the receipt without official seal is not recognized in law, so the receipt must be stamped with official seal or the signature of the party concerned. The official seal refers to the seal used by organs, organizations, enterprises and institutions. Because the Ministry of Public Security has not made uniform provisions on the engraving procedure, the provisions on the engraving procedure vary from place to place. According to the different types of seals, the procedures are different. The engraving of the above seals by a foreign-capital enterprise must rely on its business license and registration certificate. If the enterprise is a Sino-foreign joint venture or Sino-foreign cooperative enterprise, it must hold a letter of introduction issued by the Chinese side, go to the public security organ at or above the county level where the unit is located to handle the seal engraving notice or letter of introduction, and then engrave the seal at the seal engraving factory or seal engraving shop designated by the public security organ with the notice or letter of introduction. Engraving requires an engraving unit with a special trade license to engrave the official seal. It is illegal to engrave the official seal privately, and the engraved seal has no legal effect.

legal ground

Article 502 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * A contract established in accordance with the law shall take effect upon its establishment, except as otherwise provided by law or agreed by the parties. In accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, if the contract should go through the approval procedures, such provisions shall prevail. If the failure to go through the formalities such as approval affects the effectiveness of the contract, it will not affect the performance of the obligation clauses such as approval and the effectiveness of relevant clauses in the contract. If the party that should go through the formalities for approval fails to perform its obligations, the other party may require it to bear the responsibility for violating its obligations. The modification, assignment and dissolution of a contract shall be subject to the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, and the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply and shall be subject to approval.