The IncomeTax Act continues to disempower many Batswana

Botswana tax system is tilted in favor of foreigners. Citizens are given a raw deal when it comes to the tax system and there is need for Botswana tax system to embrace principles of fairness.

If the situation continues unabated it can lead to serious blow towards government efforts to empower majority of citizens. The current tax system is notorious as Citizen Businesses are at the mercy of the taxing authorities.

The two main tax obstacles towards empowering citizens are;
i) the source based system
ii) the year 2002 presidential directive
i) The source based tax system

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