Tax evasion hurting the economy

Tuesday, August 02, 2016

The Africa Capacity Report reveals that the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) is struggling to collect tax, placing it in position 18 out of 45 African countries.

This is attributed to inadequate capacity to undertake more enforcement to cover all areas of the country, as well as public ignorance of the importance of tax as explained by the commissioner general Ken Morris.

While shocking, this is not news. Some years back, it was reported that the country was losing billions of pula in importation of second hand vehicles where importers were said to deflate the value of the vehicles.

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