Step-by-step guides on company registration, legal compliance, and starting a business in Nepal.
If your company ever traded, the cheap route is closed to you — and the figure everyone quotes for it is wrong by a factor of ten. Plus why abandoning a company removes limited liability.
It is an application for prior approval, not a notification, and the government fee is capped at NPR 5,000 however large you are. Includes the naming checklist OCR actually tests against.
Section 184(3) — the provision every guide cites for this — was deleted from the Act in 2074. The live rule is a board decision and seven days’ notice before you move.
The OCR fee is a differential on your new total, not the “0.5% of the increase” formulas in circulation — and raising issued capital inside your existing ceiling needs only an ordinary resolution.
No general meeting and no special resolution — two board decisions and a notarised deed. The prescribed form is Annex 22, not the one OCR’s own website cites.
The notice to OCR is due in fifteen days, not at the next annual return. And two disqualifications added in 2074 attach to the person, following them to every other board.
The 50 and 30 lakh thresholds, the famous day-one sector list that was deleted from the Act in 2078, and the NPR 1 crore rule that lets most small businesses file three times a year.
You get one PAN for life — personal and business are two states of the same number. There is no thirty-day deadline after registration, and the whole thing is free.
Every filing and deadline under the Companies Act 2063 — plus the two things most guidance gets wrong: whether a private company needs an AGM at all, and the fact that s.81 fines fall on directors personally.
No turnover threshold, no dormancy exemption. A company that never traded still needs audited accounts — and the penalties for skipping it attach to the director, not the company.
Behind on annual returns by a year or by ten? Section 48 of the Finance Act 2083 waives the accumulated penalties, fees and interest — for companies carrying on and companies closing. The window shuts at Ashoj end 2083.
Two routes exist — a Section 19 company at the OCR or an association at the DAO — and people often start down the wrong one. Five promoters, no distributions, SWC affiliation, and why exemption is never automatic.
There is no licence to farm in Nepal — which misleads people. The registration that matters is the one gating subsidy, insurance support and cheap credit, plus the three points where farming does become regulated.
Most applications stall because people go to the wrong tier of government. Schedule 9 of the Public Health Service Regulations decides it — reproduced here in full, plus the five-year renewal and pharmacy rules.
The highest barrier of any licensed business in Nepal — and it is not a fee. What the Foreign Employment Act 2064 requires, what the deposit gets spent on, and why domestic supply is a different business entirely.
Class ‘D’ is the only grade with no work-experience test — which is why every contractor starts there. Capital, technical staff, equipment and how A, B and C differ.
The capital and guarantee figures for this sector are widely misreported. Quoted here from the Travel and Trekking Agency Rules 2062 with rule numbers — plus hotels, homestays and party palaces.
The Regulations 2083 brought a NPR 25,00,000 security deposit, a NPR 50,000 annual licence and mandatory digital payments — and pulled language institutes and preparation classes in with them. Cost, process and what changed.
Official numbers on new companies and industries, the fastest-growing sectors (IT, tourism, agro, education consultancies, online selling), the new rules for FY 2083/84, and how to register each.
The new e-Commerce Act 2081 makes registering mandatory even for Instagram and Facebook sellers. The simple 4-step path, PAN/VAT, tax, getting paid, and cost — plus what most sellers get wrong.
Protect your brand name or logo — the governing law, Department of Industry process, Nice classification, government fees (NPR 6,000/class), documents, timeline, and 7-year renewal rules.
The full checklist to legally open a food business in Nepal — business registration, PAN/VAT, the ward permit, the local-level food license, the liquor license, cost, and timeline.
Pvt. Ltd. cost and OCR/CAMIS process, single-shareholder setup, Department of Industry registration, FITTA for foreign investment, and export tax incentives — the full stack for IT founders.
Who needs an EXIM Code, documents required, Department of Customs process, fees, annual renewal, and common application mistakes.
The fastest, cheapest way to start a legal business — DoCSCP/DCSI process, documents, fees, PAN, and ward-level compliance.
Every tax filing deadline for Nepali companies — monthly VAT & TDS due dates, advance tax installments, the annual income tax return, rates, penalties, and IRD e-filing steps.
Compare Pvt. Ltd. vs Partnership Firm, understand the CAMIS process, partnership deed requirements, fees, and post-registration steps.
Everything about incorporating a single-promoter Pvt. Ltd. — legal basis, CAMIS process, OCR fees, and post-registration compliance.