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title: "Khata in Bhutan"
source: https://www.lskhata.com/global/bhutan
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# Khata in Bhutan

The ngultrum runs at par with the Indian rupee and is still not the Indian rupee, which is exactly the kind of distinction a default swallows.

## Facts
- Shops using Khata: 1 shop (counted 2026-09-01)
- Currency: BTN (Nu.)
- Dial code: +975
- Price: free on mobile

## The 20 dzongkhags
Bumthang, Chukha, Dagana, Gasa, Haa, Lhuntse, Mongar, Paro, Pemagatshel, Punakha, Samdrup Jongkhar, Samtse, Sarpang, Thimphu, Trashigang, Trashiyangtse, Trongsa, Tsirang, Wangdue Phodrang, Zhemgang

## What Khata does not do in Bhutan
- **The sales tax is not renamed for your country** — A business record carries a registration type of PAN, VAT or GST and nothing else. Khata will not print TRN, BIN, NTN or your local equivalent on a bill, and it does not know your country's rates.
- **There is no compliance calendar outside India and Nepal** — Filing reminders exist for those two only. Everywhere else the app tracks your sales and stock and leaves the filing dates to you.
- **No financial-year or week-start setting** — Reports are run by picking dates. Nothing defaults to your tax year or opens the week on your local first day, because neither is stored.
- **One business is one country** — The country chosen at signup sets the currency for everything that business does. A group trading across two countries needs one business per country.

## Questions

**Does Khata work in Bhutan?**

Yes. Choosing Bhutan at signup sets the business to BTN (Nu.) and validates phone numbers against the +975 format, so bills, reports and payment reminders are all in your own currency from the first sale. 1 shop in Bhutan is on it as of 2026-09-01.

**What currency will my bills be in?**

BTN, shown as Nu.. It is set from the country you pick and is not a default we fell back to — the app resolves a currency for every country in the world, which is why a shop in Bhutan is not billing in Indian rupees.

**Is it free in Bhutan?**

The mobile app is free everywhere, including Bhutan. There is no card, no trial period and nothing to cancel. The web dashboard is a separate, paid product that our team grants by hand.

**Does Khata handle Bhutan's sales tax?**

Not as a named local tax. A business record carries a registration type of PAN, VAT or GST and a registration number, and you can set a tax rate per line on a bill — but Khata does not know Bhutan's rates, will not print a local registration format on an invoice, and has no filing calendar outside India and Nepal.

**Will it work when the shop has no internet?**

Yes, and that is the point of it. A bill is completed on the phone and the server is told afterwards, so the sale finishes at the counter whether or not there is a signal. Nothing about that behaviour is different in Bhutan.

**Can one account cover Bhutan and another country?**

No. The country picked at signup fixes the currency for that whole business, so a group trading in Bhutan and elsewhere needs one business per country. Phone numbers are checked against +975 with 8 digits after the code.