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Vat Refund

How will the Refund be paid?

You can choose to receive your Refund by:

Refund Amount
Refund Method
Fees deductible from refund requests
Not exceeding Rs. 20,000.00 Cash at the refund counter at the International Airport Rs. 500.00
Exceeding Rs. 20,000.00 Bank Draft to be delivered at the address mentioned in the refund application. Rs. 500.00 pIus bank’s commission on foreign exchange and draft issuing fee.

What do not qualify for VAT refund?

  • Goods or services consumed in Nepal
  • Goods not take out of Nepal within 60 days from the date of purchase date
  • Person departing via land route do not qualify for VAT refund.

Rastriya Banijya Bank
Foreign Exchange Counter at Departure Lounge (after immigration)
Any foreigner leaving Nepal through Tribhuvan International Airport can sell their surplus Nepalese currency at the counter of Rastriya Banijya Bank at the Departure Lounge (after immigration).

How to avail this service?
a. The person is neither Nepalese nor Indian.

b. The person must surrender Foreign Exchange Encashment Receipt (FEER) before the exchange counter.

c. Nepalese Currency sought to be sold at the exchange counter should not exceed the amount purchased before. This has to be substantiated from the FEER together with the reduction(s) mentioned in the FEER.

d. The person must present valid passport for the verification at the exchange counter.

e. The person will be entitled for foreign exchange at prevailing bank's selling rate, subject to availability of the desired currency. In the case on non-availability of the desired currency the person may be requested to accept alternative foreign currency.

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