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Business and sustainable development. Accountability. Tax. Feminist test case. Media: Tom Gardner at Slater & Gordon 0207 657 1690 press@slatergordon.co.uk

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    1. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      Fact-checking the Financial Secrecy Index, part 2. Picked an area I know something about (UK company law) and looked at the report detail. The "specific types of entity" entry is 3/4 nonsense.pic.twitter.com/gEp2aUSaCP

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    2. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      "Property management company", "franchise" or "agency trading company" are just description of types of business. A "community interest company" is a specific way for a normal company to opt to benefit a community. Not an entity type.

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    3. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      So what's the source? A dubious website called "http://lowtax.net ". It has a poorly written page on what companies can be used for. Someone has misread this, and thought it was referring to different types of legal entity.pic.twitter.com/s5LfO1r864

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    4. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      A much better source would have been Companies House - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house/about-our-services ….

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    5. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      Does this matter? Does it impact the FSI score? I don't know. Surely not material in itself. But it raises questions about sourcing and fact-checking/quality control. @alexcobham, @TaxJusticeNet - you may want to look at this.

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    6. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      At some point I will go through the UK entry methodically. No time now - but an obvious/trivial error in the fourth line. The UK legal system is not "Anglo Saxon" and the cited source, the CIA World Factbook, does not say that.pic.twitter.com/lV3OSK6P0w

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    7. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      Surely this one is irrelevant, but something has clearly gone wrong with the sourcing and review process. (Although NB the CIA is not quite right either - Scots law is not a purely common law system. I am beyond disappointed I can't trust the CIA)

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    8. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 25 Mar 2018
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      It looks like wherever the CIA Factbook says English common law, or Common Law system etc... it is translated as "Anglo Saxon", civil law is translated as "Roman"

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    9. Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 25 Mar 2018
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    10. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 25 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @MForstater

      Yes - that’s pretty much what happened to Anglo Saxon law.

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      Maya Forstater‏ @MForstater 27 Mar 2018
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      Replying to @DanNeidle

      What does it mean, this description of so many countries having "Anglo Saxon" legal systems in the FSI? @alexcobham @petr_jansky ?

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        1. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 27 Mar 2018
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          Replying to @MForstater @alexcobham @petr_jansky

          It’s a mistake. There’s no such thing. They mean common law.

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        2. Dan Neidle‏ @DanNeidle 27 Mar 2018
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          Replying to @DanNeidle @MForstater and

          It’s also a “tell” - nobody who’d studied law reviewed this.

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