Krishna Prasad Dahal

About Krishna Prasad

A Chartered Accountant qualified in the UK, India and Nepal

Krishna Prasad Dahal is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), an ICAEW Chartered Accountant (ACA) and a member of the ICAEW Council, where he represents the Audit and Assurance Faculty. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) and a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN).

He has over 25 years of international experience in audit, assurance, tax and accountancy across the United Kingdom, India and Nepal, working with clients in sectors including healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, travel, financial services, trading and technology.

Born in Kathmandu, he graduated with a BSc from Tribhuvan University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with ICAI in 2002. He began his career in Nepal as Head of Internal Audit at a national-level bank, and was elected to the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal from 2003 to 2006. After moving to the UK he trained as an audit trainee with a London accountancy firm, became an ACCA member in 2008 and has been a UK Registered Auditor since 2013.

In June 2022 a group of professional Chartered Accountants under his leadership took over Ballards Newman (Finchley) Limited, the ICAEW-regulated London practice behind SmartFiling. The practice traces its roots to the 1970s. Today it provides fixed-fee, fully online accounts, tax, VAT, payroll and bookkeeping for UK companies, sole traders and landlords.

He oversees the firm's technical standards: accounts, tax returns and filings go out under the review of a qualified Chartered Accountant, and the guides on this site are written and reviewed by him before they are published.

Professional qualifications

• FCCA

  Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant · member since 2008

  The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) · United Kingdom

• ACA

  Chartered Accountant (ICAEW member) · admitted 2022

  Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) · England and Wales

• FCA

  Fellow Chartered Accountant · qualified 2002

  The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) · India

• CA

  Chartered Accountant

  The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) · Nepal

Professional leadership

1. 2025 – Council Member, ICAEW (Audit and Assurance Faculty representative)
2. 2022 – 2024 Chairman, UK Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
3. 2022 Chairman, ACCA Harrow Network Panel
4. 2013 – Registered Auditor in the United Kingdom, leading audit and assurance work
5. 2003 – 2006 Elected Council Member, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal
6. Early career Head of Internal Audit at a national-level bank in Nepal

Independent profiles

You don't have to take our word for any of this. His record is published by the professional bodies themselves:

• ICAEW Council member profile · icaew.com
• ACCA UK practitioner profile · accaglobal.com
• LinkedIn profile · linkedin.com

Areas he oversees at SmartFiling

• Micro-entity and small company accounts (FRS 105, FRS 102)
• Corporation Tax and CT600 returns
• VAT and Making Tax Digital for VAT
• Self Assessment tax returns
• Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
• Landlord and rental property tax
• PAYE payroll and RTI
• Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
• Director salary and dividend planning
• Audit and assurance
• Companies House filings and dormant companies

How our guides are written and reviewed

Tax and accounting decisions affect your money and your legal obligations, so every guide on SmartFiling follows the same standard:

• Written or reviewed by a qualified accountant. Krishna Prasad Dahal writes or reviews each guide before it is published.
• Checked against primary sources. Rates, thresholds and deadlines are checked against GOV.UK, HMRC manuals and Companies House guidance.
• Dated and kept current. Every guide shows when it was last updated, and guides are revised when rules change, such as at each Budget or new tax year.
• General guidance, not personal advice. Guides explain the rules. For advice on your own situation, speak to us.

If you think something is out of date or wrong, please tell us and we will check and correct it.