Botswana Unified Revenue Service

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Botswana Unified Revenue Service
Government parastatal overview
Jurisdiction Botswana
Headquarters Gaborone, Botswana
Government parastatal executive
  • Segolo Lekau, Commissioner General
Parent department Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
Website www.burs.org.bw

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

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Revenue collection

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

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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.