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Business and sustainable development. Accountability. Tax. Feminist test case. Media: Tom Gardner at Slater & Gordon 0207 657 1690 press@slatergordon.co.uk

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    1. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      Here is an @FTAlphaville article from @nickshaxson about the distinction between tax avoidance and evasion and the question of what "illicit financial flows" meanshttps://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/05/16/1557994769000/No--corporate-tax-avoidance-is-not-legal/ …

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    2. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      People who are cited in the article: "British tax barrister Clair Quentin, who developed the concept of Risk Mining", "TJN's Director Alex Cobham", "Jolyon Maugham, a prominent UK tax barrister", Sol Picciotto ... and some nameless person at CGD. Who could that be Nick? 🤔

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    3. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      The article spends a lot of time on the 'grey' area of tax which is legally due, where audits can enforce compliance. Reasons for audit adjustments can include normal uncertainty, aggressive avoidance & behaviour that might be evasion.

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    4. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      We are all agreed this tax should be paid. Clear laws, more audit capacity. Stronger enforcement, including penalties for egregious behaviour. All important.

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    5. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      But I do not think it aids understanding to bundle all of the revenue at stake in CIT audits with "illicit financial flows" - i.e. with money laundering, fraud, corruption, theft of public assets, organised crime. Different stuff. Different remedies. (also not really a 'flow').

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    6. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      What Nick fails to mention is the *further* category that he & colleagues at TJN are proposing to be included in measures of "illicit financial flows" -- that is 'misalignment' with the tax that would be legally due if tax laws were different: based on formulary apportionment.

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    7. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      This measure creates apparent massive "illicit financial flows" out of ordinary tax compliance.https://www.cgdev.org/blog/proposed-sdg-indicator-illicit-financial-flows-risks-conflating-ordinary-business-dirty-money …

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      Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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      He also fails to mention that most of what is included in *current* headlines on IFFs (and presented as being 'evasion by multinationals') is based on adding up gaps and mismatches in trade data which don't seem to be a good indicator of anything actually going on in tax.

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        1. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater May 16
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          This researcher stands by her conclusion, and asks that next time if you going to try to take on someone's arguments in a national newspaper at least do them them the courtesy of saying their name.pic.twitter.com/ctcHlF9Dkm

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