#EU lobbying should be:
1) Fully transparent
2) Free of conflicts of interest (i.e. you can't be a corporate #tax adviser, and at the same time a 'neutral' consultant receiving large sums of money to help the @EU_Commission on tax policy) #TaxJusticehttps://www.ft.com/content/56f862ee-8392-11e8-96dd-fa565ec55929?desktop=true&segmentId=7c8f09b9-9b61-4fbb-9430-9208a9e233c8#myft:notification:daily-email:content …
Agree lobbying should be transparent. But who would they commission to write study on eg."application of economic valuation techniques for determining transfer prices between members of MNEs in EU" if ruling out tax practitioners? https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/e7dbd290-c682-11e6-a6db-01aa75ed71a1 …
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If public sector resources are so low (in part due to corporate tax avoidance) that civil servants don't have the capacity to assess impacts of tax policies, surely the answer is not to outsource the work to corporate tax advisers, and risk even more loopholes and tax avoidance
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I didn't think the argument was that resources were low. Rather that big 4 were being paid mns. Civil servants should have the capacity to assess policy, but some surveys and research always likely to be outsourced. Barring work involving tax practitioners seems strange
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Equally interesting question IMO: When should these types of studies be outsourced and what level of technical expertise should be secured within the Commission / governments in order to effectively and legitimately regulate an area?
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Yes indeed. & clearly important that govts/ commission has the capacity to define and assess the technical questions whether work is done internally by staff or contracted out to consultants.
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