Rules

Real Estate Tax Rule, 2020

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Type
Rules
Year
२०२० BS
Status
In force
Category
खण्ड ६ क: राजस्व प्रशासन · Volume 6 A: Customs Administration
Official text
Official page Official text (PDF)
English translation
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Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.

What does it do?

  • An owner of urban house and land taxed under the House and Land Tax Act, 2019 must file a statement on the form in Schedule 1. If nothing has changed since an earlier filing, a written notice keeping the old statement is enough each year. To correct a first statement after the tax has been assessed, the owner must file a new full statement and pay 10% extra tax; a letter alone is not accepted.घर जग्गा कर ऐन, २०१९ बमोजिम कर लाग्ने शहरी क्षेत्रको घर जग्गाको धनीले अनुसूची १ को ढाँचामा विवरण दाखिल गर्नुपर्छ। पहिले दाखिल गरेको विवरणमा थपघट नभएमा हरेक साल साबिकको विवरण कायम गरी लिखित सूचना दिए पुग्छ। कर निर्धारण भइसकेपछि पहिलो विवरण सच्याउन अर्को रीतपूर्वकको विवरण भरी १० प्रतिशत थप कर तिर्नुपर्छ; पत्र मात्र पठाएर गरेको संशोधन मान्य हुँदैन। Nepal Law Commission Rules 3 and 12(1)-(2), PDF pp. 1, 6
  • The government may form a House and Land Valuation Committee for each urban area, with at least one engineer or overseer. After inspecting sites, it sets the average building cost per square foot, extra percentages for better-served zones and main-road frontage, and depreciation for old houses, and reports through the Tax Department to the Ministry of Finance. The approved valuation table is posted on every tax office notice board and stays valid for 5 years unless the government orders otherwise.नेपाल सरकारले हरेक शहरी क्षेत्रका लागि कम्तीमा एक जना इन्जिनियर वा ओभरसियर रहेको घर जग्गा मूल्याङ्कन समिति गठन गर्न सक्छ। समितिले ठाउँठाउँको निरीक्षण गरी प्रतिवर्गफुट औसत निर्माण लागत, सुविधा भएका अञ्चल र मुख्य सडकको मोहडाका लागि थप प्रतिशत र पुराना घरको ह्रास तय गरी कर विभागमार्फत अर्थ मन्त्रालयमा प्रतिवेदन दिन्छ। स्वीकृत मूल्याङ्कन तालिका हरेक कर अड्डाको सूचना पाटीमा टाँसिन्छ र अर्को आदेश नभए ५ वर्षसम्म मान्य हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 4(1)-(2) and 5(1)-(4), PDF pp. 1-3
  • The tax officer values the property using the published table, but if a registered sale price is higher, the sale price is used. The assessment order must briefly explain how the tax was worked out. The owner of a damaged, run-down house may apply for a tax waiver for a year; the officer checks it with a map and forwards it with an opinion through the Tax Department to the Ministry of Finance.कर अधिकृतले प्रकाशित तालिकाअनुसार मूल्याङ्कन गर्छ, तर रजिष्ट्रेसन पास भएको मोल बढी भए त्यही मोल कायम हुन्छ। कर निर्धारण आदेशमा कर कसरी निर्धारण भयो छोटकरीमा खुलाउनुपर्छ। भत्के बिग्रेको घरको धनीले कुनै सालको कर माफीका लागि दरखास्त दिन सक्छ; अधिकृतले नापनक्सासहित जाँचबुझ गरी आफ्नो रायसहित कर विभागमार्फत अर्थ मन्त्रालयमा पठाउँछ। Nepal Law Commission Rules 6(1)-(3) and 9(2), PDF pp. 4-5
  • A registration office must not register a transfer of urban house or land if that property together with the applicant's other urban house and land is worth more than Rs 50,000, unless the zonal tax officer has issued a clearance. Below Rs 50,000, it may register on the person's written statement that they own no other urban house or land, and a false statement leads to action under the law.शहरी क्षेत्रको घर जग्गा रजिष्ट्रेसन पास गराउन आउँदा सोसमेत शहरी क्षेत्रभित्रका अरू घर जग्गाको जम्मा मोल रु. ५०,००० भन्दा बढी देखिए अञ्चल कर अधिकृतको छोड पुर्जीबिना रजिष्ट्रेसन अड्डाले रजिष्ट्रेसन पास गर्नु हुँदैन। रु. ५०,००० भन्दा घटीको घर जग्गा शहरी क्षेत्रमा अरू घर जग्गा नभएको लिखत दिएमा रजिष्ट्रेसन पास गर्न सकिन्छ र सो व्यहोरा झुट्टा ठहरे कानूनबमोजिम कारबाही हुन्छ। Nepal Law Commission Rule 11(1)-(2), PDF pp. 5-6
  • A person fined under the Act must be given 35 days to pay. If no proof of payment arrives, the Mal Adda or an official the government names recovers the amount, including by seizing property. A person who tips off the tax officer under Section 11 of the Act may get the reward set by the Act if the tip proves true and tax is recovered, but not if they fail to come when called or give no evidence.ऐनअन्तर्गत दण्ड जरिबाना तोकिएको व्यक्तिलाई तिर्न ३५ दिनको म्याद दिनुपर्छ। म्यादभित्र रकम दाखिलाको निस्सा नआए मालअड्डा वा नेपाल सरकारले तोकेको अधिकारीले जायजेथासमेतबाट असुल गर्छ। ऐनको दफा ११ बमोजिम कर अधिकृतलाई सूचना दिने व्यक्तिले सूचना साँचो ठहरी कर असुल भएमा ऐनबमोजिमको इनाम पाउन सक्छ, तर बोलाएको बेला नआए वा प्रमाण पेस नगरे पाउँदैन। Nepal Law Commission Rules 7(1)-(3) and 14, PDF pp. 4, 7

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