IMF study spots missing VAT billions
Friday, August 07, 2026 | 430 Views |
On the hunt: The Finance Ministry is plugging revenue leakages in the country PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
The team visited the country between October 27 and November 7 and has passed its findings to the BURS, indicating that key revenues running into millions of pula are going uncollected due to non-compliance.
According to the IMF team, the country’s overall VAT gap trended upward in the period between 2017 and 2024, driven by a growing compliance gap. The VAT gap is the difference between what the BURS could be collecting optimally and what it was actually collecting during that period.
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