What is Chalan?

In a tax conversation, a chalan is the deposit voucher. It records which taxpayer is paying, for which period and under which head, and the receipted copy is the evidence that the payment was made. Keep it with the return for the same period, because an auditor asking about a month three years from now wants both in one place.

In a warehouse conversation, the same word means the delivery chalan: the note that accompanies goods being moved, listing what was sent and to where. It is not a tax invoice and it cannot support an input VAT claim.

Both senses are in everyday use in Nepal, so it is worth asking which one somebody means before you go looking for the document.

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