Section 60 : General insurance business:
1) In computing the income or loss made by any person carrying on a general insurance business from that business in any income year, it shall be separately computed as if the insurance business were a business distinct from any other business carried on by that person.

2) While computing the income of any person carrying on the insurance business in any income year, it shall be done as follows:-

a) In income, in addition to any other amounts required to be included, the following amounts, as well, have to be included:-

(1) Amounts for premium of insurance including premium for reinsurance received by that person from that business in that year, and

(2) Amounts received in that year from payments referred to in sub-clause (1) of clause (b) for any contract of reinsurance, security, guarantee or compensation.

b) b In expenses, in addition to the amounts that can be deducted, the following amounts, as well, may be deducted:-

(1) The payments made by that person as an insurer in operating that business in that year, and

(2) The premiums included pursuant to subclause (1) of clause (a) in computing the income earned from that business in that year or last year and returned to the insured in that year.

3) If any person suffers loss from the registered general insurance business in any income year, that person may subtract such loss, as prescribed, from the incomes of that business earned in last five income years.

4) In subtracting the loss pursuant to Sub-section (3), the following provisions shall apply:-

a) It shall not exceed any income earned from that business in the past income year,

b) It shall not exceed the total sum of loss,

c) The amount of loss that could not be deducted for purposes of Section 20 shall be lessened.

Explanation: For purposes of this Section, "registered general insurance business" means an insurance business registered in Nepal pursuant to the law in force and carrying on general business transactions.