Lack of capacity constraints tax collection � PS

Sekwakwa appearing before the PAC
Sekwakwa appearing before the PAC

Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) continues to fail to collect optimum tax and customs revenue that can potentially be obtained due to lack of professionals.

According to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Solomon Sekwakwa, BURS has been struggling to collect tax due to lack of capacity, which had resulted in other people avoiding to pay tax.

Appearing before the  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, Sekwakwa said  the country has limited potential candidates who can handle the collections correctly noting the Botswana has limited skills.

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