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      Always check particulars of tax invoices

      Congratulations to all who are registered for VAT and do not bear the tax that they are charged as they get to claim it from BURS. If such persons were not registered for VAT, their business costs would rise as the VAT would add to their costs.

      mm by Jonathan Hore
      December 6, 2021
      in Columns, Tax & Your Pockets
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      Always check particulars of tax invoices

      GABORONE 29 May 2021, A general view of the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) head quater at the CBD in Gaborone on 29 May 2021. (PicMonirul Bhuiyan/PRESS PHOTO)

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      I want to discuss a rather simple but very important aspect of taxation that affects VAT registrants, being the issue of tax invoices that they use to claim input tax. Let me state that input tax is the tax that a VAT-registrant suffers when they purchase inputs into their business. The VAT Act prescribes the documentation that can be used to claim input tax. In this article, words importing the masculine shall be deemed to include the feminine.

      4-MONTH RULE

      The VAT Act prescribes that VAT cannot be claimed using tax invoices that are more than 4months old. What this means is that if one is preparing a VAT return for say November 2021, he can only use tax invoices issued in November 2021, October 2021, September 2021 and August 2021. Any other tax invoices issued before August 2021 are invalid and the VAT thereon cannot be claimed.

      In other words, non-claimable VAT becomes a cost to the VAT-registrant and should either be capitalised to assets or used to increase the cost of consumables.

      INVALID TAX INVOICES

      Well, I know that very few VAT-registrants are worried about the validity of the tax invoices they use to claim input tax. What they may not know is that BURS is empowered to disallow all the input tax that they discover was claimed using invalid tax invoices. Let me state that section 23 as read with the Forth Schedule to the VAT Act prescribes the particulars that a valid tax invoice should contain. I detail below what the said legislation requires as particulars of a valid tax invoices:

      • VAT registration number: The most common exposure regarding this aspect is the fact that most tax invoices do not reflect the recipient’s VAT number. It may appear that this should not result in anyone losing input tax that they actually claimed but if BURS picks this, they can disallow the VAT claims simply because the tax invoice does not have the VAT-registrant’s number.
      • Address: It is very common for supplier tax invoices not to indicate the client’s full address. This may be due to the way the supplier’s system is configured or some suppliers simply don’t know the importance of including the proper address. The other problem with addresses is usually when a general address is put on the tax invoice such as ‘Gaborone.’ But honestly, Gaborone cannot be anyone’s address; it is a city!
      • Incorrect recipient’s name: The full legal name of the recipient should be indicated on tax invoices. In other words, no acronyms should be used such as WUC when someone is dealing with Water Utilities Corporation. If WUC is not registered as a trade name at BURS, then a tax invoice addressed to WUC will be invalid. Instead, the full legal name of Water Utilities Corporation should be reflected on the tax invoice.
      • VAT amount: The VAT Act requires that a proper tax invoice reflects the amount before VAT, the VAT amount and the VAT-inclusive amount. However, some VAT registrants have systems which are configured in RSA where the VAT amount and the amount before VAT is not shown. Such tax invoices only show the VAT-inclusive amount and a statement which reads something like, ‘The total amount is VAT-inclusive.’ Such tax invoices appear ok but are certainly not in compliance with local legislation and are therefore risky.
      • Other particulars: The other particulars that a tax invoice must contain include the following: the name, address and VAT number of the supplier, the tax invoice number, the date of the tax invoice, the description of the goods/services and the words ‘Tax Invoice’ in a prominent place. Do not accept an invoice that reads ‘Cash Sale’ or just ‘Invoice.’

      Well folks, I hope that was insightful. As Yours Truly says goodbye, remember to pay to Caesar what belongs to him. If you want to join our Tax Whatsapp group or to know about our 9 e-tax books, send me a text on the cell number below.

      Tags: BURSVAT

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