Driver and domestic help salary receipt format (free generator)

If you employ a driver, cook, maid or nanny, a monthly salary receipt is a simple record that you paid them — signed by the person who received the money. For drivers it matters more: many employers reimburse a driver's salary and won't pay the claim without signed receipts, usually collected every February or March.

This page covers the salary receipt format for drivers and domestic help, the revenue stamp rule for cash salaries, and how to make a year of receipts in one PDF. There's no sign-up, and your details stay in your browser.

What to include on a salary receipt

• Receipt number, counting up month by month (DS/26-27/01, DS/26-27/02 …).
• Date the salary was paid, in DD/MM/YYYY.
• Employer's name — you, the person paying the salary.
• Driver's or worker's name — the person receiving the salary.
• Month the salary is for, such as "April 2026".
• Salary in figures and in words: "Rupees Eighteen Thousand Only".
• The work — "driver", or for domestic help "cook", "maid" or "nanny".
• Car registration number on a driver receipt.
• Days worked, if you want to record them for a single month.
• Payment mode — cash, UPI, bank transfer, cheque or other — and a reference when it helps.
• Signature of the driver or worker, with a ₹1 revenue stamp for cash over ₹5,000.

Each receipt from Invoice Native reads "Received with thanks from employer the sum of ₹ amount (amount in words) towards salary as driver for April 2026", then lists the details and a signature line labelled "Driver" or "Employee".

Worked example: a year of driver salary receipts

Say you pay your driver ₹18,000 a month in cash on the last day of each month, and your employer wants receipts for the financial year April 2026–March 2027. The generator makes twelve receipts, one per month:

Receipt no.	Salary for	Paid on	Amount	Revenue stamp box
DS/26-27/01	April 2026	30/04/2026	₹18,000	Yes
DS/26-27/02	May 2026	31/05/2026	₹18,000	Yes
DS/26-27/03	June 2026	30/06/2026	₹18,000	Yes
…	…	…	…	…
DS/26-27/12	March 2027	31/03/2027	₹18,000	Yes

That's ₹2,16,000 for the year. Because each payment is cash above ₹5,000, every receipt gets a revenue stamp box. If you pay the salary in the following month instead — say on the 7th — choose following month and April's receipt is dated 07/05/2026. Pay by UPI or bank transfer, and no stamp box is printed.

Domestic help salary receipts

For a cook, maid or nanny, the receipt works the same way. You can describe the work ("Cook", "Nanny") and it appears in the sentence, or leave it blank to just say "salary". A domestic-help draft starts with the current month, since most households want one receipt at a time, but you can cover up to 24 months.

For example, a cook paid ₹6,000 in cash gets a revenue stamp box (cash above ₹5,000), while a maid paid ₹4,000 in cash does not.

Revenue stamp on cash salary

Under the Indian Stamp Act, a receipt for more than ₹5,000 paid in cash needs a ₹1 revenue stamp, signed across by the person who received the money. Salaries paid by UPI, bank transfer or cheque don't need one, and neither does cash of ₹5,000 or less. Paying by bank or UPI also leaves a record that backs up your receipts.

Driver salary reimbursement

Employers that offer a car and driver benefit usually ask for monthly driver salary receipts along with the car details. The rules on how this benefit is valued changed from 1 April 2026, and each employer has its own limits and paperwork, so check with your employer or a chartered accountant before you claim. Make sure the driver's name, the months and the amounts match what you actually paid.

Days worked, advances and deductions

Days worked are printed only when you make one receipt at a time, because a single number can't be right for every month of a year. The generator doesn't handle deductions or advances. If you paid a different amount in one month, make that month's receipt separately with the amount actually paid.

Common mistakes on salary receipts

• Receipts not signed by the driver or worker, which makes them weak proof.
• No revenue stamp on cash salary over ₹5,000.
• Missing car registration number on a driver receipt your employer will check.
• The same amount for every month when the actual pay changed.
• Dates that don't match when the salary was really paid.

Checklist

• ✅ Receipt number and payment date
• ✅ Employer and driver or worker names
• ✅ Month and salary in figures and words
• ✅ Car registration number (driver)
• ✅ Payment mode shown
• ✅ ₹1 revenue stamp for cash over ₹5,000
• ✅ Signature of the driver or worker

Also claiming HRA? Make your rent receipts for the same financial year.