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title: "Khata in Panama"
source: https://www.lskhata.com/global/panama
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# Khata in Panama

The balboa is pegged one-to-one with the US dollar and the notes in the till are usually dollars, which makes the code on a report the only thing saying which of the two a figure is in.

## Facts
- Shops using Khata: 3 shops (counted 2026-09-04)
- Currency: PAB (B/.)
- Dial code: +507
- Price: free on mobile

## The 13 provinces and comarcas
Colón Province, Comarca Emberá-Wounaan, Comarca Guna Yala, Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Provincia de Bocas del Toro, Provincia de Chiriquí, Provincia de Coclé, Provincia de Darién, Provincia de Herrera, Provincia de Los Santos, Provincia de Panamá, Provincia de Panamá Oeste, Provincia de Veraguas

## What Khata does not do in Panama
- **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 Panama?**

Yes. Choosing Panama at signup sets the business to PAB (B/.) and validates phone numbers against the +507 format, so bills, reports and payment reminders are all in your own currency from the first sale. 3 shops in Panama are on it as of 2026-09-04.

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

PAB, shown as B/.. 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 Panama is not billing in Indian rupees.

**Is it free in Panama?**

The mobile app is free everywhere, including Panama. 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 Panama'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 Panama'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 Panama.

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

No. The country picked at signup fixes the currency for that whole business, so a group trading in Panama and elsewhere needs one business per country. Phone numbers are checked against +507 with 4 to 12 digits after the code.