Finance:Botswana Unified Revenue Service
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| Jurisdiction | Botswana |
| Headquarters | Gaborone, Botswana |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Finance |
| Website | www |
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
- Companies and Intellectual Property Authority
- Zimbabwe Revenue Authority
References
- ↑ "Home". http://www.burs.org.bw/.
- ↑ "Republic of Botswana - Government portal". http://www.gov.bw/en/Business/Topics/Financial-and-Development-Institutions/Financial-and-Development-Institutions/.
- ↑ "Republic of Botswana - Government portal". http://www.gov.bw/en/Ministries--Authorities/Ministries/Ministry-of-Finance-and-Development-Planning1/Parastatals121/Understanding-Financing/.
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- ↑ BURS Annual Report 2020
