Tax
Income tax slabs and filing, capital gains, Dashain bonus, freelance tax, the IRD taxpayer portal — every tax conversation a salaried or self-employed Nepali eventually has.
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Is your foreign salary or remittance taxable in Nepal?
Whether your foreign salary or the remittance your family sends is taxable in Nepal comes down to one word: residency. The full rules, and the 5% concession.
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Annual land and house tax in Nepal: malpot vs municipal property tax
Malpot land revenue and municipal property tax are two small annual bills, often confused with the one-time registration tax. What each is, and how to pay.
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Tax on lottery and prize winnings in Nepal
Lottery, prize, and lucky-draw winnings in Nepal face a flat 25% windfall-gain tax, withheld at source. What counts, what's exempt, and why gifts aren't.
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Couple vs individual filing: the one checkbox that changes your tax slab in Nepal
Couple status saves a single-earner household up to Rs 29,000 a year in FY 2082/83, and costs a dual-earner couple up to Rs 56,000. The math, and the deadline.
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How to legally lower your income tax in Nepal: insurance, CIT, and donation deductions
The deductions that legally cut your Nepali income tax: retirement up to Rs 5 lakh, life insurance Rs 40,000, health Rs 20,000, donations, and the 10% rebate.
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What the 2083/84 budget changes at Rs 30k, 50k, 1 lakh and 2 lakh a month
What Nepal's 2083/84 budget saves you in tax at Rs 30k, 50k, 1 lakh and 2 lakh a month: from Rs 0 for the lowest earner to about Rs 2.5 lakh a year at the top.
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How much foreign currency can you carry out of Nepal? Passport endorsement and the limits
The USD 3,000 passport facility, the USD 5,000 cash declaration line, the education and medical quotas, and the USD 500 card cap, for FY 2082/83.
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What got cheaper and what got costlier in Nepal's 2083/84 budget
Nepal's 2083/84 budget cut customs on 273 raw materials and excise on 360 items, while cigarettes, alcohol and heavy electricity got costlier. What's confirmed.
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Income tax slabs in Nepal for 2083/84: the full table, what changed, and what you pay
Nepal's FY 2083/84 income tax slabs: 1% to Rs 10 lakh, then 10%, 20%, 27% and 29% above Rs 40 lakh, one table for single and couple, plus salary examples.
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Nepal Budget 2083/84 and your money: what changed for salary, tax, and savings
Nepal's FY 2083/84 budget doubled the tax exemption to Rs 10 lakh, cut the top rate to 29%, raised public pay ~21%, and added 10% VAT cashback on digital pay.
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Creator income tax in Nepal: how YouTube, TikTok, and brand-deal payouts get taxed
FY 2082/83 added a flat 5% final tax on foreign-currency creator income up to Rs 40 lakh, deducted by the bank. The math for a Nepali YouTuber or streamer.
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TDS in Nepal explained: why your salary takes a haircut before you ever see it
What TDS really is, why payroll computes it as annual tax divided by 12, the rates on rent and dividends, and how Annexure 10 verifies every paisa deposited.