Important: Botswana Covid-19 Wage Subsidy

Dear X3 HR and Payroll User,

The Minister of Finance has announced a Wage Subsidy Claim Form for certain businesses registered for tax (irrespective whether they ow tax) effective April 2020 until June 2020.

 Please refer to the attached guidelines from BURS for the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy.

 We’ve created an SQL Query to assist customers as BURS request a specific template (CSV file) from employers containing certain information in a specific format so that the employer can claim.

Please request the following from our Support Desk 

Version 9:

  • View for Query: V9_HRBWASACTR
  • SQL Query for SQL Server: V9_BWAWS_SQL_R1
  • SQL Query for Oracle Server: V9_BWAWS_ORACLE_R1
  • V9 Sage X3 HR and Payroll – Botswana Covid-19 Wage Subsidy.pdf: Detailed documentation

Version 12:

  • View for Query: V12_HRBWASACTR
  • SQL Query for SQL Server: V12_BWAWS_SQL_R1
  • SQL Query for Oracle Server: V12_BWAWS_ORACLE_R1
  • V12 Sage X3 HR and Payroll – Botswana Covid-19 Wage Subsidy.pdf: Detailed documentation

Please ensure that you read through the documentation before applying the patches.

Please note that BURS has not provided final clarity on all the fields in the CSV file, and therefore this file is subject to change. Explanations are based on our current interpretation and the latest information received from the BURS.

It is the customers responsibility to confirm the correctness of the data to be submitted to BURS. Please visit this website for latest updates on what should be included in the extract http://www.burs.org.bw/.

 BURS has also created a list of officers who are able/responsible to respond to Covid-19 wage subsidy queries. The employer can make use of this list for any queries.

Kind Regards 

X3 HR and Payroll Support Team