Maya Forstater

Tax and Development: countries have agreed to double aid for tax, increase domestic resource mobilisation effort & pursue Policy Coherence - but what does that mean?pic.twitter.com/ObMehuEqCL

That's the question my new paper asks: how should rich countries & international orgs use all the levers available to them to support (& not undermine) tax systems in poorer countries? https://www.cgdev.org/publication/tax-and-development-new-frontiers-research-and-action …pic.twitter.com/CKlo8ikCia

Perceptions and debates are often shaped by the idea of huge sums from the poorest countries related to multinational tax avoidance (take care with these!)pic.twitter.com/zftWtdFwyB

Tax pays for public services, but can also impoverish or deter investment. Effective taxation is about $$s collected, investment environment & accountable government--> Trade offs, dangers and synergies for international actionpic.twitter.com/OruFZr0ZG2

Need to get a sense of scale: how much of potential tax base is 'overlapping' between countries (treaties and transfer pricing etc) how much is hidden by secrecy? How much is accessible using purely domestic levers?pic.twitter.com/wmvo00FMuZ

Opportunities across all areas eg see @ICTDTax http://www.ictd.ac/publication/2-working-papers/187-how-can-governments-of-low-income-countries-collect-more-tax-revenue …pic.twitter.com/Y5ZU9HBVoY

Very rough estimates: could be $9 from domestic bread and butter tax policy for every $1 from international tax rulespic.twitter.com/At9tzuF98s