Where Vitra Bahira stands with the IRD
What is built, what is still waiting, and what it means for the bills you print today.
Last updated 8 Ashwin 2083. We change this page the day anything below changes.
Vitra Bahira isn't listed with the IRD yet, so its bills print EVALUATION COPY and aren't valid tax invoices. Listing needs a server in Nepal first.
Nothing is sent to CBMS yet. Bills wait in a queue in your books, in order, and nothing is lost.
The short answers
Can I use it today?
Yes, for billing, khata, stock and your VAT registers. The bills it prints are evaluation copies, so they are not tax invoices yet.
What happens to bills made before listing?
They stay evaluation copies. When listing is done, this page will say so, with the date.
Is anything lost while CBMS isn’t connected?
No. Every bill waits in the queue with its number, date and QR, and is sent once a connection exists.
What already works the way the 2082 procedure describes
- Bill numbers never skip
One unbroken series per fiscal year. A cancelled number stays used.
- Bikram Sambat dates on every bill
And a fiscal year that runs Shrawan to Ashadh.
- A QR on every bill
Readable offline. The IRD hasn’t published a format yet, so the encoding is ours until it does.
- Cancelled bills are kept
With the reason, and the stock and khata reversed.
- Reprints say they are copies
“Copy of original — N” on every reprint.
- Returns point to the original
Each credit note names the bill it is against.
- Audit trail report
Any date range, exported to Excel, CSV or XML.
What isn’t done, and why
Listing needs the system to run on a server in Nepal first. That move is the next step on our side.
Procedure 2082 §7.2Required of every bill issued from a cloud system, from your first bill, whatever your turnover. The queue and retries are built. Sending waits on the IRD’s published format.
Procedure 2082 §7.2(ङ)Who does what next
- Move Vitra Bahira to a server in Nepal
- Apply for listing with the IRD
- Switch on CBMS sending once the format is published
- Publish the CBMS sending format
- Publish the QR format
- Talk to your tax office or CA about enrolling for real-time sending
- Keep issuing your tax invoices the way you do now
Read the source documents
Check it for 30 days. Then decide.
Every feature, no card, and your books stay yours whatever you choose.