1 October, Kathmandu. Santamaya Tamang of Nuwakot has won a bumper gift worth Rs 10 lakh under the Internal Revenue Department's 'Taxpayer Incentive Gift Program'.
On the occasion of Dasain, Tamang bought material worth Rs. 3,000 from SS Fancy House in Nuwakot and received a bill. Coupon number 081632515849 was selected for the bumper gift from Golapratha.
Artists Deepakraj Giri and Deepashree Niraula announced the bumper and daily winners by pressing the button of the computer system at the event held in the vast market of Kathmandu. As soon as the winner was announced, they called Tamang and informed him that he had won 10 lakh rupees.
At first, Tamang thought that someone was teasing her, but when the artists told her that it was an official program of the government of Nepal, she believed that she had won a gift.
According to the Internal Revenue Department, apart from the bumper gifts, 16 daily winners have also been selected. One winner each day from October 16th to 31st will receive Rs 1 lakh each.
Although the declared amount of daily gift is 1 lakh 33 thousand 334 rupees, 1 lakh rupees will be deposited in the winner's account after tax deduction.
Director General of the Department Dr. Bhishma Kumar Bhusal said that the program was conducted to develop the habit of receiving bills while purchasing goods and services.
According to him, during the period from October 16th to 31st, 275,884 transaction bills were entered and participated in the program. Adding 374 lakh 78 thousand 380 transactions automatically registered through QR payment, a total of 377755 thousand 264 transactions were included in the gift selection process.
The department said that all the winners of the bumper and daily gifts must reach the nearest Internal Revenue Office with the receipt of the receipt of the goods before the 15th of October and claim the prize.
