Hi all. I just traveled to India from California for the first time about a week ago. I only traveled in S India for 3 weeks. Just a curious question. When you buy things in India, they are so adamant about giving you the GST invoice, whether it's for clothes, a hotel stay, not so much for food.

Do normal Indian citizens keep all these receipts for tax purposes? Me as a tourist, I was like what am I supposed to do all with all these receipts. I don't think I was able to get money back, like other countries. I think Taiwan maybe at the airport you can get money back on taxes. Are GST invoices just a quirk of India, or do business travellers just require these for company purposes? Thanks all.