Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) was established under a special act, The Nepal Chartered Accountants Act, 1997 to enhance social recognition and faith of people at large in the accounting profession by raising public awareness towards the importance of accounting profession as well as towards economic and social responsibility of the accountants, and to contribute towards economic development of the country. The Institute is an autonomous body and the Council is fully authorized by the Act to undertake accountancy profession in Nepal.

Constitution of Council
Section 7 of the Nepal Chartered Accountants Act 1997, provides for the constitution of the Council of the Institute as follows:
 * 1) There shall be a Council of the Institute for the management of the affairs of the Institute and for discharging the functions assigned to it under this act.
 * 2) The Council shall be composed of the following persons, namely:
 * 3) * Ten persons elected by chartered accountant members of the Institute from amongst the chartered accountant members of the Institute
 * 4) * Four persons elected by registered auditor members of the Institute from amongst the registered auditor members of the Institute
 * 5) * Three persons nominated by the Government of Nepal.

Tax exemption controversy
Two practising chartered accountants, Lumba Dhwaj Mahat and Umesh Prasad Dhakal, were involved in misappropriating state tax revenue through dubious tax settlements as Chairman and Member of Tax Settlement Commission involving Chudamani Sharma, Director General of Inland Revenue Department (Nepal). The corruption scam was considered as one of the biggest in the Nepalese history. ICAN disciplinary committee failed to take any action against the two accused CAs. Vice-Chairman Jagannath Upadhyay Niraula said that "the disciplinary committee can take action only after receiving information or the complaint is lodged against any chartered accountant. We have not received any complaint against the duo." The fraud amounted to NRs. 21 billion. Both the CAs have fled from the incident and were declared fugitive by Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority.

Bharatpur Listing controversy
46 Nepalese audit firms, including the firm of former President of ICAN CA Prakash Jung Thapa (i.e. PJ Thapa & Company), were listed in the Bharatpur Municipality against the legal regulations of ICAN. On 18 October 2019, ICAN President Krishna Prasad Acharya has declared to punish the audit firms for conducting such illegal listing.