Oh @ActionAid @DavidArcherAA @a_campolina ! Yes domestic resource mobilisation is critical -especially citizens holding their govs to account. Wishful thinking about huge sums of money from international tax action in low income countries does not help 1/https://twitter.com/DavidArcherAA/status/959521157534887936 …
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Our focus in on domestic action in developing countries to expand tax bases in a progressive way (and spend resources progressively), but surely after
#ParadisePapers &#PanamaPapers it is clear that international action is also needed to reform global tax rules1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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Sure yes, both international & domestic action. But you are massively overegging the potential of international action. This has real risks for organisational credibility, understanding of the issues and domestic actionhttps://twitter.com/MForstater/status/960487238709719040 …
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Maya Forstater @MForstaterA Taxing Business, 2018 edition... I have been pointing this stuff out for some time. The same switches keep getting repeated. It can't be because no one has noticed. Its got to be because no one that matters thinks it matters. https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/960462634691760128 … pic.twitter.com/PXvrKZZ9CSShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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#ParadisePapers &#PanamaPapers aren't really much about multinational tax avoidance, and didn't point to huge gains for low income countries. Confusing illicit financial flows and tax revenues does not help domestic action (it allows distraction)1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
These numbers just being used as decoration "$138 billion' does not relate to sub-Saharan Africa.pic.twitter.com/Oc4HOYAd77
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