BURS’ search for missing tax billions starts with booze industry

Experts at the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) believe that if every taxpayer in the country paid their dues, there would either have been no need for the shock tax increases last year or at least the levels of the increments would have been lower.

Instead, a highly revealing tax gap analysis by the agency has found that up to 60 percent, or nearly two in three taxpayers are dodging their obligations, meaning a higher burden on those who actually pay their dues.