ATAF to help govts tax digital economy
Friday, March 15, 2019
This has created new challenges for the tax policy makers and administrators as most of their tax rules still rely on the brick and mortar concept of a permanent establishment to assign tax jurisdiction.
Over the past years tensions have been mounting over alleged tax avoidance by the multinational giants like Whatsapp, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter and others, who operated digitally and seemingly out of reach of tax authorities. Botswana, in particular, has strong penetration of digital corporates, supported by one of the world’s highest mobile density rates where single users own and maintain multiple mobile phone subscriptions.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...