BURS seeks to widen tax base

Morris
Morris

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) says it is working on a study to help reduce tax gap.

The tax gap is described as the difference between the tax revenue that should be collected and the tax revenue actually collected.

BURS commissioner general, Ken Morris told the third sitting of the parliamentary committee on statutory bodies and state enterprises yesterday that the tax gap remains a challenge for the tax collector.

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