BURS adopts new systems to broaden tax base

Friday, December 09, 2016

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) will next year introduce a new customs management systems that will facilitate trade through the establishment of a single window interface as well as reduce leakages in the collection of customs, taxes and levies.

With effect from January 01, 2017 BURS says it will introduce a new Customs Management System (CMS) to replace the automated system for customs data, which has been in operation since 2002 and no longer meets current and emerging automation needs of a modern customs service.

In a statement, BURS says the new CMS will allow a quicker, transparent, predictable and user-friendly web-based processing platform that enhances customer service and capability for collection and accounting of customs duties, taxes and levies and; improved capability for border security.

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