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title: "Khata in Saudi Arabia"
source: https://www.lskhata.com/global/saudi-arabia
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# Khata in Saudi Arabia

A shop staffed by workers from four countries needs each of them to have their own login and to see only their own till — which is a permissions question, not a language one.

## Facts
- Shops using Khata: 1 shop (counted 2026-09-01)
- Currency: SAR (ر.س)
- Dial code: +966
- Price: free on mobile

## The 13 regions
'Asir, Al Bahah, Al Jawf, Al Madinah, Al-Qassim, Eastern, Hayel, Jazan, Makkah, Najran, Northern Borders, Riyadh, Tabuk

## What Khata does not do in Saudi Arabia
- **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 Saudi Arabia?**

Yes. Choosing Saudi Arabia at signup sets the business to SAR (ر.س) and validates phone numbers against the +966 format, so bills, reports and payment reminders are all in your own currency from the first sale. 1 shop in Saudi Arabia is on it as of 2026-09-01.

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

SAR, shown as ر.س. 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 Saudi Arabia is not billing in Indian rupees.

**Is it free in Saudi Arabia?**

The mobile app is free everywhere, including Saudi Arabia. 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 Saudi Arabia'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 Saudi Arabia'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 Saudi Arabia.

**Can one account cover Saudi Arabia and another country?**

No. The country picked at signup fixes the currency for that whole business, so a group trading in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere needs one business per country. Phone numbers are checked against +966 with 9 digits after the code.