Nepal's New Taxpayer Incentive Lottery: How to Enter, Win & Claim Your Prize
The government now rewards you for asking for a bill. Here's exactly how the Taxpayer Incentive Gift Programme works — eligibility, draw dates, and the claim process — plus the tools below to check your own odds.
The first draw's bumper-prize winner bought groceries in Kanchanpur for just Rs 250 — proof that any eligible bill can enter the same lottery.
Ask for a bill. Get a chance to win.
The Taxpayer Incentive Lottery Program gives consumers a shot at cash prizes simply for making qualifying purchases and getting a genuine purchase bill. Instead of relying only on inspections and penalties, the government is turning ordinary shoppers into an extra layer of tax accountability: when customers demand bills, businesses have more reason to record sales properly.
The programme runs under the Taxpayer Incentive Gift Programme Operation Procedure, 2083, published by the Ministry of Finance, with the Inland Revenue Department handling the technical draw.
Would your last purchase qualify?
Eligibility checker
Digital or cash — the steps differ
Pay with QR or another electronic channel for an eligible purchase and you're entered automatically — no extra steps.
- Buy goods or services worth more than Rs 100.
- Pay using QR or another digital channel.
- Take the bill — the transaction is auto-entered into the lottery.
- Keep the bill anyway; you may need it if you win.
Cash buyers can still enter, but there's one extra step: you have to upload your bill yourself.
- Ask the seller for a genuine PAN/VAT bill.
- Keep the original bill safe.
- Upload the bill details on the IRD's designated online system.
- Receive your lottery coupon/entry.
- Retain the original bill until results are announced.
Two draws every Nepali month
Purchases in this window are pooled for the first draw. Results are announced on the 16th day of the month.
Purchases in the rest of the month go into the second draw. Results land on the final day of the Nepali month.
The very first draw was held on August 7, 2026 (Shrawan 22, 2083), pulled from a pool of 25.6 million electronic transactions and 7,077 cash transactions.
Selection is computerized, using cryptographically secure uniform random sampling without replacement — meaning every eligible entry has a fair, non-repeating shot, and the draw runs in front of officials, observers, and media.
Claiming your prize: a 7-step walk-through
What you'd actually take home
Based on the reported 25% windfall gain tax. Confirm the exact rate with the current IRD procedure before relying on it.
For shoppers, and for shopkeepers
For consumers
Beyond the obvious cash-prize appeal, the programme nudges shoppers toward a habit — asking for a bill every time — that quietly strengthens the wider tax system every time it happens.
For businesses
Expect customers to expect more: proper PAN/VAT bills, transparent pricing, and digital payment options. More bill requests mean more pressure to record sales accurately.
Simple habits, tick them off
Quick answers
Make an eligible purchase. Ask for the bill. Keep it.
That's the whole strategy. A Rs 250 grocery run already turned into Rs 1 million once — the next winning bill could be yours.
Check official results on IRD → Ministry of FinanceOfficial sources: Nepal Ministry of Finance · Inland Revenue Department (IRD)
Programme rules, draw dates, documentation and tax treatment can change. Verify current details with the Ministry of Finance and Inland Revenue Department before relying on any figure above.
