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66 posts tagged "Personal Finance".

  • 8 min read

    How much does Teej actually cost? What's provable, and what nobody has ever measured

    Saree prices, bangle sales, and vegetable spikes around Teej in Nepal are documented. A total household budget figure isn't. Here's what the data actually shows.

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  • 12 min read

    Cooperative loans in Nepal: collateral rules and what happens if the sahakari collapses

    A sahakari loan doesn't disappear if the cooperative collapses in Nepal — the debt survives, the depositor fund won't touch you, and CIB can still blacklist you.

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  • 11 min read

    Snowball vs avalanche: the fastest way to clear multiple loans in Nepal

    A Nepali household juggling a credit card at 24%, a gold loan, and a personal loan needs a payoff order, not just a budget. Here's the real math and the real rates.

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  • 11 min read

    Group health insurance from your employer vs buying your own policy in Nepal

    Nepal's Labour Act obliges your employer to cover just Rs 1 lakh in medical costs, and it vanishes the day you resign. Here's what that gap actually costs.

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  • 10 min read

    Joint bank account rules for married couples in Nepal

    Nepali banks default a joint account to Either-or-Survivor, but the money still needs a death certificate to move, and nomination stops once an account is joint.

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  • 9 min read

    The real cost of chasing a Loksewa job: coaching fees, attempts, and the opportunity-cost math

    Coaching runs Rs 3,000–13,500 and forms Rs 300–1,200, but two years of full-time prep costs Rs 7–10 lakh once rent and foregone salary count. The honest math.

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  • 9 min read

    The 4% rule, adapted for Nepal: how much you can safely withdraw from your corpus

    The 4% rule was built on US data. Nepal's higher inflation, lower real returns, and tax drag push the safe withdrawal rate closer to 3.5% — the math behind it.

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  • 8 min read

    The full TDS rate card for Nepal: every rate that skims your money (FY 2083/84)

    Every TDS rate in Nepal for FY 2083/84 in one table: interest, dividend, rent, commission, contract, capital gains, and what counts as final vs adjustable tax.

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  • 11 min read

    How much life insurance cover do you actually need in Nepal?

    Size life cover in Nepal with the 10x, Human Life Value, and DIME methods, then subtract your SSF survivor pension and savings to land on a real number.

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  • 7 min read

    What happens if you can't pay your loan EMI in Nepal?

    Missing an EMI doesn't mean the bank seizes your house overnight. The real timeline from a missed installment to penal interest, CIB blacklist, and auction.

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  • 8 min read

    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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  • 9 min read

    Going abroad for work from Nepal: what it really costs, and the scams

    A Gulf job should cost about Rs 18,000 out of pocket; workers routinely pay Rs 130,000–700,000. The real cost, the payback math, and how the overcharging works.

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  • 8 min read

    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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  • 11 min read

    Bank lockers in Nepal: rent, rules, and whether a safe deposit box is worth it

    What a bank locker costs in Nepal: Rs 2,000–17,000 rent, the refundable deposit, who can rent one, and the catch — the bank isn't liable if it's robbed.

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  • 13 min read

    Saving for your child's education in Nepal: the 18-year plan

    How much to save monthly for a child's education in Nepal, which vehicle actually beats fee inflation, and why most 'child education' plans underperform a SIP.

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  • 11 min read

    OTP and phishing fraud in Nepal: how bank-account scams actually happen

    How OTP and phishing scams empty Nepali bank accounts, the hard truth that no rule forces a refund, and exactly what to do in the first hour after you're hit.

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  • 12 min read

    Ropani, aana, bigha, kattha: converting Nepali land units (and what one aana actually costs)

    Convert ropani, aana, paisa, bigha, kattha and dhur to square feet, the base-16 trap that trips up buyers, and what one aana costs in Kathmandu.

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  • 10 min read

    Book closure dates on NEPSE: who gets the dividend, who gets nothing

    Buy one trading day before book closure and the dividend is yours; buy on the date and you get nothing. The cutoff rule, the price math, and where to check.

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  • 10 min read

    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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  • 9 min read

    Travel insurance for your visa application: what embassies require and what it costs from Nepal

    Schengen visas require EUR 30,000 medical cover; the UK and US require none. Verified Nepali premiums from ~Rs 5,800 for 15 days, and the age-70 wall.

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  • 8 min read

    Unclaimed dividends in Nepal: how to find and recover money your shares already paid you

    Nepali firms sit on billions in unclaimed dividends, and after 5 years it goes to the Investor Protection Fund. How to check your BOID and claim it back.

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    How to buy your first share on NEPSE: the TMS step-by-step

    A Demat account alone won't let you buy a share. Here is the full chain — Demat, Mero Share, broker, and TMS — and how to place your first NEPSE buy order.

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  • 11 min read

    Buying an apartment in Kathmandu: the real cost beyond the sticker price

    A Rs 1.5 crore apartment in Kathmandu rarely costs Rs 1.5 crore. Loading factor, registration, furnishing, and monthly dues are the gaps nobody quotes up front.

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  • 9 min read

    How to claim a life insurance payout after a death in Nepal

    How to claim a life insurance death benefit in Nepal: the documents, the settlement timeline, the nominee law under Act 2079, and why claims get rejected.

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