Parts of #taxtwitter seem excited about a passingly misused statistic in #PANA report, which has zero relevance to the (non-binding, sensible) policy conclusions... but might somehow have overlooked US Treasury's trillion dollar estimate justifying the dramatic tax cuts? Sigh.
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But given the choice of dodgy trillions, it's an interesting decision to prioritise attacking the former (on which the - progressive, transparent - policy recommendations do not depend), over the latter (central to the case for regressive dangerous policies). Choices.
Clarifying that this number does not, & was never meant to represent MNC tax avoidance is not 'attacking it'! Wouldn't it have been better if one of the 
s of ppl involved in this report had said something in the drafting? Maybe they feared being told off about their priorities
