Maya Forstater

How fair is the @fairtaxmark? Maya asks some interesting questions. My experience is that perceived subjectivity deters many from participating.https://twitter.com/mforstater/status/971372191391547392 …

An issue I have heard MNCs raise is the risk of having the FTM taken away due to a future change in criteria. The concern was that the negative impact of losing the FTM would outweigh any potential benefit of obtaining it in the first place.

Heather, smaller business have had the same concern and so we have undertaken that as and when we look to update standards we will give two years notice and operate transitional arrangements, as the likes of GRI have done in the past ^PM

@PaulJMonaghan - can you comment on the directors' loans question? Where does FTM see it in terms of the tax avoidance/fair tax/boring tax planning spectrum?

Hi Paul. You commented over the weekend on the tax affairs of a coffee company FTM has not certified, can you comment on this question on a company that has been? -- helpful to clarify what the substantive criteria for 'ok' and 'not ok' is for FTM.

No thanks Maya. Am doing my best not to engage with polemics right now. Life"s too short

It's a question not a polemic. Seems like a reasonable question for @FairTaxMark to have a view on. It must have come up in the certification process for @AMTCoffee? Or Technical Committee? @alexcobham @_DavidQuentin @RichardJMurphy