Vehicle Tax in Nepal FY 2083/84: Rates, Fines and Deadlines by Province

By Kokil Thapa | Last reviewed: September 2026

Vehicle tax in Nepal is a provincial tax. Each of the seven provinces sets its own rates, deadlines and fines, so the same bike or car can owe a different amount in Koshi than in Karnali. This guide covers private motorcycles, cars, jeeps, vans and electric vehicles for FY 2083/84 (mid-July 2026 to mid-July 2027), read from each province's own finance act and vehicle act. The Nepal vehicle tax calculator on this site was built from the same laws, so use it for the exact figure once you know your province and cc.

Why is vehicle tax in Nepal different in every province?

Under federalism, vehicle tax goes to the province where the vehicle is registered. Each province sets its rates in a finance act passed every year, and its renewal period, fines and registration lapse in its own vehicle act and that finance act. The structure is similar everywhere, but the numbers and day counts are not. You pay the rates of the province on your bluebook, so a Kathmandu figure does not apply to a bike registered in Biratnagar or Butwal, and the rules can change with every budget: see what changed in vehicle tax for 2083/84.

One province is a special case this year. Sudurpashchim had not passed its 2083/84 budget on 27 September 2026, so by official notice it collects tax at the Finance Act 2082 rates until a new act takes effect. If it later passes higher rates, they apply only from the date the new act commences.

How much is vehicle tax in each province for FY 2083/84?

The table compares the four most common private vehicles. Slabs are inclusive at the top, so a 150cc bike is in the 126–150cc band and a 1500cc car in the 1001–1500cc band.

The slab edges differ more than the headline rates. Madhesh's second motorcycle band runs to 160cc, so a 160cc bike pays Rs 5,000 there and Rs 6,500 in Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini or Sudurpashchim. Koshi splits 151–250cc into two bands (Rs 6,500 to 200cc, Rs 8,000 to 250cc), which matters for the bikes covered in 200cc bike tax in Nepal. Sudurpashchim's renewal charges are the 2081 act's private rates; the 2082 act lists only public-vehicle charges, at the same amounts, so the private figure is not confirmed. Every slab for every province, up to the largest engines, is in the vehicle tax tables by province.

Electric vehicles

Electric two-wheelers are taxed by motor power in watts and electric cars by kilowatts, in every province except Madhesh, which from 2083/84 taxes electric vehicles by price: Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 for a two-wheeler and Rs 11,000 to Rs 40,000 for a car. Karnali uses one power table for all private EVs. A few points worth knowing:

• Lumbini gives private EVs 20% off the tax, and electric two-wheelers up to 500 W pay nothing. Only one concession can be used at a time, so a late EV owner gets either the 20% or the fine waiver described below, not both.
• Bagmati raised the tax on EV cars up to 50 kW by Rs 1,500, to Rs 6,500. Its electric two-wheeler rates did not change.
• Sudurpashchim exempts electric two-wheelers up to 50 W.

For an EV car up to 50 kW the annual tax is Rs 6,500 in Bagmati, Rs 7,000 in Koshi, Rs 10,000 in Karnali for above 20 up to 50 kW (Karnali's single EV table has lower bands below that), Rs 11,000 in Lumbini (before the 20% rebate) and Rs 12,000 in Gandaki and Sudurpashchim.

When is vehicle tax due, and what is the fine for paying late?

Every deadline counts from the date in your bluebook that its registration runs to; there is no single national deadline such as Asar end. The fine is a percentage of the tax only, and steps up in bands rather than every month.

Bagmati's 10% band is often quoted as day 31 to 45. The Act says "the next 45 days", so it runs to day 75. The same wording is used in Madhesh, Gandaki and Sudurpashchim.

Where the law is unclear, it is worth saying so rather than guessing:

• Koshi does not say whether the 20% repeats each year, or whether the 90 days start at the bluebook date or at the end of the 90-day renewal window.
• Gandaki's Vehicle Act gives Chaitra end as the deadline while its Finance Act 2083 gives 90 days after the bluebook date. The two differ only for bluebook dates from about Poush onwards.
• Karnali's Finance Act says a flat 30%; its Vehicle Act 2081 says 30% for each fiscal year, up to five.
• In Madhesh, Bagmati and Sudurpashchim, whether the 30% or 32% "for each fiscal year" adds up (30%, 60%, 90%…) or is charged flat per unpaid year is a matter of reading.
• Lumbini does not settle whether the 90 days start at the bluebook date or at the end of the three-month renewal window.
• In Sudurpashchim, if the renewal date falls after Chaitra end, tax paid by Asar end carries no fine. That is relief, not a later deadline: paid after Asar end, the fine runs from Chaitra end.

The late-renewal surcharge is separate

Renewing the bluebook late adds a surcharge to the renewal fee, on top of any fine on the tax: an extra 100% if you are up to a year late, rising by 100% a year to a maximum of 500% at five years. All seven provinces work this way, though in several provinces' acts it is not settled whether “a year” means 365 days or a fiscal year; the calculator uses 365 days. So a Bagmati motorcycle renewed even one day late pays Rs 600 in renewal charges instead of Rs 300. A vehicle left unrenewed or unpaid past that five-year period has its registration cancelled. The full cost of a renewal, with insurance, is broken down in bike bluebook renewal price in Nepal.

Fine waivers open in 2083/84

• Lumbini: half the fine on the tax is waived for payments made by Chaitra end 2083. The renewal surcharge is not reduced.
• Gandaki: a vehicle already behind on 1 Shrawan 2083 that pays by Baisakh end 2084 has the fines on years before 2083/84 waived, "for the last time". The fine on the 2083/84 year itself still applies.
• Koshi: a Koshi-registered vehicle more than three years behind that pays by Jestha end 2084 has the fines of the years before the last three waived. Every year's tax and renewal is still charged.
• Sudurpashchim: five or more years' tax unpaid, the fines on the tax and the renewal are waived in full when both are paid.
• Bagmati has no general waiver this year. Its relief is only for deregistering a lost or unusable two-wheeler by Poush end 2083, and the old "pay the last three years" scheme closed at the end of Jestha 2083. Madhesh and Karnali have similar relief only for striking off or scrapping a vehicle.

How do you work out the total you owe?

Add four things: the annual tax for your cc band, any fine on that tax, the renewal fee plus any late surcharge, and the third-party insurance premium. Four worked examples, leaving insurance aside for the moment:

• 150cc bike, 20 days late, Bagmati: the 5% band, so the fine is 5% of Rs 5,000 = Rs 250. The renewal fee doubles to Rs 600. Total Rs 5,000 + Rs 250 + Rs 600 = Rs 5,850.
• The same bike, 20 days late, Koshi: Koshi's fine is 10% within the fiscal year, so 10% of Rs 5,100 = Rs 510. The renewal fee doubles from Rs 200 to Rs 400. Total Rs 5,100 + Rs 510 + Rs 400 = Rs 6,010. (This follows the calculator's reading that Koshi's 90 days run from the bluebook date, and assumes a bluebook date early enough that the deadline is not capped at Asar end.)
• 1000cc car, 60 days late, Bagmati: day 60 is in the 10% band, so the fine is Rs 2,200. The renewal fee doubles from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000. Total Rs 22,000 + Rs 2,200 + Rs 1,000 = Rs 25,200.
• 1500cc car, Lumbini, bluebook dated early Shrawan 2083, paid in Mangsir 2083 about 50 days after the deadline: the fine is 20% of Rs 25,000 = Rs 5,000, halved under the Chaitra-end waiver to Rs 2,500. The renewal fee doubles from Rs 400 to Rs 800. Total Rs 25,000 + Rs 2,500 + Rs 800 = Rs 28,300 (on the calculator's reading that note 16's 90 days run from the bluebook date; they could also be read from the end of the three-month renewal window).

If you missed whole years, each is charged separately with its own fine, and the renewal surcharge grows with the years since the deadline; the calculator handles that. It does not add prepayment discounts, or the age surcharge most provinces charge on vehicles over 15 years old, usually 5% of the tax for each year beyond 14, capped.

Third-party insurance

Third-party insurance is national, not provincial. At the Nepal Insurance Authority's 2073 tariff, as insurers charge it with VAT and stamp duty:

So the Bagmati 150cc bike paid on time costs Rs 5,000 + Rs 300 + Rs 1,932 = Rs 7,232 with insurance. The FY 2083/84 budget raised third-party cover to Rs 10 lakh, and premiums may change when the Authority issues new rates.

How do you pay vehicle tax, and can you pay online?

In Bagmati, from 2083/84, if you pay online and the payment shows in the Vehicle Registration System (VRS), you no longer need to take the bluebook to a transport office for the renewal stamp. Keep the receipt.

In Koshi, tax paid online on time carries no fine on the tax even if the bluebook is not renewed, but the late-renewal surcharge still applies when you do renew.

Elsewhere, pay at your province's Transport Management Office and check its notices before relying on any online option. In Bagmati the tax must be cleared before the bluebook is renewed or the vehicle transferred (s.174).

For motorcycles in more detail, see the motorcycle tax guide. For your own figure, enter your province, vehicle, cc or motor power and bluebook date in the vehicle tax calculator.