BURS laments outdated tax legislation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.
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...