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Tax, VAT, dates and Nepali text, explained with their sources.
Preeti or Unicode? Which Nepali text to use
Why Nepali text sometimes turns into English letters, what Preeti and Unicode are, and how to move text between them.
Salary tax in FY 2083/84, explained
The new income tax slabs for this fiscal year, who pays the 1% band, the main deductions, and a worked example.
VAT at 13%: adding it and taking it out
How to add 13% VAT to a price, how to find the VAT inside a price that already includes it, and how rounding works.
Why Nepali date converters disagree, and how we checked ours
Bikram Sambat has no formula, so every converter carries a table. Here is how we checked ours against the printed official calendars.