Serame warns VAT tricksters

Serame was speaking at a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Women’s Wing capacity-building workshop here recently. She also used the event to give insight into several policies that her ministry has recently introduced.

The government recently introduced VAT exemptions on certain products as part of efforts to alleviate the cost of living for citizens. Under the amendments, VAT exemptions have been implemented on items such as cooking oil, liquid petroleum gas, salt, infant formula, baby diapers, sanitary pads or tampons, and condoms. Tractors and various agricultural implements have been changed from exempt to VAT zero-rated.