Botswana, Estonia sign income tax treaty

30 September, 2024

Officials of  Botswana and Estonia have signed an income tax treaty  on 25 September 2024. Earlier, Estonia’s government has approved signing a draft income tax treaty with Botswana on 4 July, 2024. The tax treaty seeks to eliminate double

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Botswana extends filing deadlines for annual withholding, individual income tax returns

26 September, 2024

The Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) issued a public notice, announcing extensions for key tax filing deadlines on 24 September 2024. The submission deadline for annual withholding tax returns, including PAYE and other withholding taxes, has

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Estonia approves signing draft tax treaty with Botswana 

10 July, 2024

Estonia’s government has approved signing an income tax treaty with Botswana on 4 July, 2024. The tax treaty seeks to eliminate double taxation, and prevent tax evasion. If an agreement is reached, it will be a first between the two

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Botswana: Finance Minister presents tax reforms and digitalization measures in budget speech 2024

10 February, 2024

On 5 February 2024, Mr. Peggy O. Serame, Botswana's Minister of Finance and Economic Development presented the 2024 Budget Speech to the National Assembly. The budget contains a number of important tax measures. The key proposed tax measures are as

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Botswana: General Commissioner sets TP documentation threshold

09 September, 2021

On 1 September 2021, the General Commissioner published a ruling and set a threshold for the preparation and submission of transfer pricing documentation. The ruling is effective retroactively from 1 July 2019 (2020 tax year). According to the

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Botswana enacts budget for 2021/22

07 August, 2021

On 30 June 2021, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development published a press release announcing the implementation of the budget for 2021/22. The most important measures are: -The general withholding tax rate increased from 7.5% to 10% on

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Botswana deposits ratification instrument for the convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters

18 June, 2021

On 15 June 2021, Botswana has deposited its instrument of ratification for the multilateral convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters. The Convention will enter into force for Botswana on 1 October 2021 and will generally apply

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Botswana: Finance Minister presents Budget for 2021 to the National Assembly

09 February, 2021

On 1 February 2021, Dr. Thapelo Matsheka, Botswana’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development has presented National Budget for the fiscal year 2021 to the National Assembly. The Budget contains a number of important tax measures. The key

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DTA signs between Botswana and Malta

05 October, 2017

On 2 October 2017, According to a press release of Maltese government, a Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) has been signed with Botswana for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on

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Botswana joins OECD’s Inclusive Framework on BEPS

13 June, 2017

Botswana has joined the OECD's base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Inclusive Framework. The OECD announced June 9 that Botswana has joined the “Inclusive Framework on BEPS,” becoming the framework’s 99th member. The Inclusive Framework on

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Botswana: Tax proposals in 2017-2018 Budget

09 February, 2017

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development presented the Budget for 2017-18 to the National Assembly on 6 February 2017. To improve administration efficiency and optimise revenue collection, the income tax act and the value added tax act will

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Treaty between Botswana and Czech Republic negotiated

08 April, 2016

The second round of negotiations for a tax treaty between Botswana and the Czech Republic is arranged to take place in Prague from 18th to 21st April

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Finland: Exchange of information agreement with Botswana enters into force

13 June, 2015

The exchange of information agreement between Botswana and Finland entered into force on 16 May 2015. The agreement was signed on 20 February 2013 and generally applies from 16 May 2015 for criminal tax matters and from 1 January 2016 for other tax

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