BURS adopts new systems to broaden tax base

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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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It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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