Amount in words and a revenue stamp box when it's needed. Your details never leave your device.
Create a free cash receipt with the amount in figures and words and a revenue stamp box above ₹5,000, and download it as a PDF.
Your name or business, the receipt number and the date.
Who paid, how much cash, and what it was for.
Download the PDF, sign it (across a revenue stamp above ₹5,000) and hand it over.
A cash receipt is written proof that someone paid you in cash. It protects both sides: the payer can show they paid, and you have a record for your accounts.
Shops, landlords, tutors, contractors and service providers give cash receipts whenever money changes hands without a bank or UPI record.
A cash receipt shows the receiver's name, a receipt number and date, who paid, the amount in figures and words, what it was for, and the receiver's signature.
For cash above ₹5,000, a ₹1 revenue stamp is fixed and signed across. Receiving ₹2 lakh or more in cash from one person in a day, or for one transaction, isn't allowed under income-tax law.
A receipt for a cash payment of more than ₹5,000 needs a ₹1 revenue stamp, signed across. Some states set their own rules.
Source: Indian Stamp Act, 1899 — Schedule I, Article 53You can't receive ₹2 lakh or more in cash from one person in a day, for one transaction, or for one event; the penalty can equal the amount received.
Source: Income Tax Department — limit on cash receipts| Field | What to enter | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Received by (your name or business) | Who received the cash: you or your business. | Sharma Traders |
| Your address (optional) | Optional: your address. | — |
| Receipt number | Your own running receipt number. | CR-0107 |
| Date | The date the cash was received. | — |
| Received from | Who paid the cash. | Vikram Rao |
| Payer's phone (optional) | Optional: their phone number, for your records. | — |
| Cash received | The cash received, in rupees. | — |
| Received towards | What the cash was for. | Balance payment for invoice INV/2026-27/014 |
Yes, for cash above ₹5,000: fix a ₹1 revenue stamp and sign across it. Below that, no stamp is needed.
Under ₹2 lakh from one person in a day or for one transaction. Above that, ask for a bank transfer, cheque or UPI.
Yes, if it has the details and a signature. A printed receipt is simply clearer and easier to keep track of.
The receiver's name, receipt number, date, payer's name, amount in figures and words, purpose, and the receiver's signature.
It proves the payment, but some claims, like donations above ₹2,000 or HRA in some cases, need non-cash payment or extra proof.
No. The receipt is made in your browser and its details never leave your device.
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