Botswana signs tax deals with 17 countries

Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo
Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Kenneth Matambo

This week’s signing of a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Ireland, brings to 17 the number of countries that Botswana has inked such deals with.

In 2013, Botswana signed similar agreements with 12 countries and this year has engaged five more countries including China, Zambia, Swaziland, Lesotho and Ireland.

The agreements are meant to facilitate closer co-operation between the countries’ tax administrations while also curbing or eliminating any chances of double taxation of income flowing between jurisdictions of the countries.

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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