Botswana Unified Revenue Service

  • Segolo Lekau, Commissioner General
Parent departmentMinistry of Finance and Economic DevelopmentWebsitewww.burs.org.bw

Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS)[1] is the revenue service and a government agency[2] of the Botswana government. Botswana Unified Revenue Service is responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Botswana Unified Revenue Service Act. The duties of the Botswana Unified Revenue Service include providing tax assistance to taxpayers and pursuing and resolving instances of erroneous or fraudulent tax filings.

Revenue collection

Botswana Unified Revenue Service is responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for revenue through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development as specified by the Botswana Unified Revenue Service Act.[3] The revenues and taxes administered by Botswana Unified Revenue Service include;

  • Income Tax
  • Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
  • Value Added Tax
  • Withholding taxes
  • Excise duty
  • Special excise duty
  • Capital gains tax
  • Carbon tax
  • Road tolls
  • Surtax
  • Stamp duty
  • Customs duty
  • Presumptive taxes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Home". www.burs.org.bw. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Republic of Botswana - Government portal". www.gov.bw. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Republic of Botswana - Government portal". www.gov.bw. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

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