Key Facts
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Independent assurance that stands up to scrutiny — from boards, regulators, lenders, and investors. Statutory audits, internal audits, due diligence, and special-purpose work.
Practical tax and regulatory advice for businesses operating in Nepal’s constantly shifting landscape. Income tax, VAT, customs, dispute defence, and sector-specific regulators.
The work that helps a business run better, grow faster, and make sharper decisions. Business model design, internal controls, outsourced finance, and training.
A practical guide to foreign direct investment in Nepal — sectors, structures, approvals, and tax.
Whether you’re scoping a new entry into Nepal, navigating an approval process, or planning a repatriation, our FDI advisory team supports foreign investors across the full lifecycle. The guide covers FITTA 2019 and Industrial Enterprises Act 2020, current investment thresholds, sectors open to FDI, entity options, the five-step approval process, the tax regime, and repatriation. Updated for 2026.
Our Story
Shankar Associates, Chartered Accountants (SACA) is one of the leading Kathmandu-based assurance and advisory firms. The founding team had been working as independent consultants prior to the firm’s formation; those individual efforts took institutional form when the Senior Management Team came together under the common umbrella of SACA in January 2016.
Initially organised as a sole proprietorship, SACA converted to a partnership in 2018 to accommodate growing client needs and demonstrate broader institutional capability. SACA is registered at number 604 with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN).
International Roots
Shankar Associates is a member of Praxity Global Alliance, a Top 1 ranked global alliance of independent business advisors. Praxity is an international alliance of 780 offices of best-in-class independent member firms, sharing combined expertise from strategic locations around the world — driving outstanding results for clients across 120 countries.
As a member of Praxity, SACA has access to more than 60,000 professionals representing an unrivalled global resource and knowledge pool.
Our People
Senior attention from the start — backed by a team of qualified chartered accountants and specialists across audit, tax, and advisory.
This is comparative presentation of changes made to Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, 2052 by the Finance Bill 2081, compiled by Shankar Associates, Chartered Accountants (A member of Praxity).For notifying of Errors or any suggestion, Read more
Concessions and Facilities – Provided by Budget 2081 through Finance Bill,2081 of Nepal This update summarizes the provisions of Concessions and Facilities provided by Budget Speech by Honorable Finance Minister Barsaman Pun presented to joint Read more
We are happy to share the changes made by Finance Bill 2081 to Income Tax Act, 2058. The old and new provisions are presented in comparative form for ease of understanding. If entirely new provision Read more
We are happy to share the changes made by Finance Bill 2079 to Income Tax Act, 2058. The old and new provisions are presented in comparative form for ease of understanding. If entirely new provision Read more
We are happy to share the changes made by Finance Bill 2078 to Income Tax Act, 2058. The old and new provisions are presented in comparative form for ease of understanding. If entirely new provision Read more
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has published a notice in Nepal Gazette on 2078/01/20 regarding Minimum Remuneration of labours pursuant to Section 106 (3) of Labour Act, 2074. The minimum monthly remuneration has Read more
