Parsa Resident Wins Rs 1 Million in Tax Incentive Lottery

Lalbabu Sah Kanu of Parsa district has won the Rs 1 million bumper prize in the government's Taxpayer Incentive Gift Programme lottery. Kanu secured the top award for the first fortnight of Asoj after buying Rs 21,000 worth of lubricating oil. Following the announcement held at the Ministry of Finance hall in Kathmandu, Inland Revenue Department Director General Dr. Bhishma Kumar Bhusal notified Kanu by phone and instructed him to visit his nearest tax office to claim the payout.

Introduced in the 2083/84 federal budget, the lottery is designed to encourage consumers to obtain official bills and push businesses to provide fiscal receipts. More than 31.81 million transactions qualified for the round, including over 31.57 million logged automatically via card and electronic payments, along with nearly 248,000 entries manually registered by cash shoppers through the tax authority's online portal.