Next up is Eelco v.d. Stok of Freshfields (representing Apple in the state aid appeal), who basically just says "EC is wrong, wrong, wrong"
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Next speaker, from Flicke Gocke, says profit split method signal "the end of the ALP". Crowd not happy. "ALP is alive & kicking!", one says.
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@pierremoscovici is up: "Tax justice has become one of the highest political priorities in the EU."1 reply 2 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
"All companies should pay tax where value is created". Hello
#taxmantra

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"This Commission is of the view that
#CBCR should be public. We don't see a contradiction between transparency and competitiveness."1 reply 4 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
"Me and
@vestager cooperate well. She tackles what is there, I prepare the future legislation."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
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(The bark is the bite, but "we don't want the bark to be too loud"!) (my words not his)
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Now Commissioner says "studies show" small domestic companies have 30% higher tax burden than MNCs. Any idea of the source,
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Replying to @phdskat
Its from the EU's Impact Assessment document http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52016SC0117&from=EN … -- although yr tweet/ the quote not entirely accurate
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(study matches affiliates - doesnt say 'small', effect relates to MNC affiliates in countries with CIT rate above average (39% in 1990s)
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Replying to @MForstater @phdskat
This is the original study i think - https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Business_Taxation/Events/conferences/symposia/2007/egger-paper.pdf …
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Replying to @MForstater
Yeah.. he/they should probably update their references to Kat Habu's study if they want to make that point on a more recent, relevant basis
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