[vinay427]

> Here cash heavy businesses are rare

The divide here is certainly not between the US and much of Europe. If anything, the US is far closer to the Nordics than much of Europe based on the statistics I could find [1] and my own anecdotes from living in Western/Central Europe.

> For retail/coffee shops/any direct to consumer business you have to pay VAT and thus are required to always print a receipt to the customer.

For what it's worth, this is true in every European country and every part of the US and Canada I've been to. Virtually any store with a physical location will have some PoS system that manages this, and mobile businesses that provide services (such as the construction you mentioned) increasingly do so as well.

[1] https://www.statista.com/chart/19868/share-of-cash-payments-...