BURS partners with CIPA to ease doing business :: Mmegi Online

In their efforts to ease the doing of business in the country, the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA).

The MOU is expected to expedite the delivery of services to businesses, by their respective entities. Through the partnership, CIPA will assist BURS with statistics and companies’ information required for the global forum on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes to which BURS is a member. Speaking at the signing ceremony held in Gaborone on Wednesday, BURS commissioner general, Ken Morris said the MOU intends to enhance the partnership that the two entities enjoys as well as assist in implementing reforms.

“The MOU will help us exchange information and databases, especially regarding the companies that CIPA has information about. By signing this MOU, we are now going to fulfil our requirements, thus create a better environment,” he said.

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