BURS laments outdated tax legislation
Thursday, November 13, 2014
BURS headquarters
Speaking at the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators BURS Commission in Gaborone, BURS Internal Revenue Division commissioner, Segolo Lekau, said the current legislation could not keep with modern business practices. “The current legislation is unable to keep up with modern business.
There are no transfer pricing regulations or legislation and there is no specific capital gains legislation,” he said. Transfer pricing happens whenever two companies that are part of the same multinational group trade with each other.
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...