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    1. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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      Tweeting my post: https://www.cgdev.org/blog/proposed-sdg-indicator-illicit-financial-flows-risks-conflating-ordinary-business-dirty-money … Illicit financial flows are dirty money crossing borders. Why is @UNCTAD suggesting we measure this by looking at legally compliant corporate tax practices?

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    2. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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      Before the SDG target was set, #IFFs were described as comprising " tax evasion, the theft of state assets, the laundering of the proceeds of crime, and a range of market and regulatory abuses under cover of anonymity", but now the focus has shifted to tax avoidance #BEPS by MNCs

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    3. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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      The proposal for assessing progress on this is based on “misalignment”looking at aggregated data from CBCR reports and seeing where MNC profits don't match up with employee headcount and sales.

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    4. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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      But this captures ordinary tax compliance as well as tax avoidance (since tax rules do not seek alignment between profits and the average of headcount and sales, and international businesses are not homogenous globally)

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    5. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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      Before setting the indicator we should try it out with real data to see how much of a problem this is. I tested the metric out on three companies: Person, Vodafone, Barclays and Lush.

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      Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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      <spoiler alert> The calculation suggests ordinary business hides huge "illicit financial flows". The worst offender based on the metric was Fair Tax Marked Lush! (I don't think Lush is doing anything untoward but this is what the calculation spits out)pic.twitter.com/cFHa6RWvqf

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        1. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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          Overall the big numbers (billions from just two companies!) are driven by large companies. I really don't think this indicator measures illicitness at all.pic.twitter.com/oqEuZv70sE

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        2. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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          This indicator is being developed through expert consultations that are getting narrower, not wider. The last meeting managed to include multiple different representatives from Tax Justice Network orgs, but not a single tax practitioner http://unctad.org/en/Pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=1864 …

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        3. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Jul 2018
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          It risks misleading and distracting from #IFFs: detecting and deterring money laundering, bribery, and tax evasion, tracking the proceeds of crime and corruption. And destroying trust in international collaboration on #BEPS

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