A receipt is thirty seconds of paperwork that buys you a clean record: it documents the service, the amount and the date — protection for both sides, and the professional finish a walk-in client remembers. Independent stylists and barbers who take cash especially need the paper trail.
Print on the spot for walk-ins, or save the PDF and text it for regulars. Same content, whichever way the client wants it.
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Legally yes, practically no — handwritten receipts fade, get lost and invite disputes. A printed one-pager with itemized services takes the same time and looks like a business.
Only if you want them documented. Keep the receipt to service revenue; tips are the client's gesture and belong on their card slip, not your service record.