Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 15-Dic-2014

Canada Canadian Miners Call For Enhanced Tax Incentives The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is calling on the federal Government to help alleviate the capital crisis in mineral exploration financing by increasing the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit. Canada, Israel Hold Latest Round Of Trade Talks Canada and Israel are holding a third round of talks to expand and modernize their free trade agreement. China China Extends Agricultural Finance Tax Breaks On December 3, a Chinese State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang announced a decision to increase tax support for rural finance from the country's banks and insurers, and to extend it to December 31, 2016. DMCC Free Zone Seeks Stronger Ties With China Representatives from the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, a free zone in the United Arab Emirates, recently visited Shanghai to attend the ninth annual China Gold and Precious Metals Summit. China To Reform Local, Regional Tax Incentives As part of China's reform of its budget management systems, the State Council has called for a restructuring of all preferential tax policies that have been introduced in the past by the country's regional and local authorities, and restrict their approval only to the Council in the future. China Mulls Cigarette Tax Hike A spokesman for the China's National Health and Family Planning Commission has disclosed that it will work with other government agencies to push for an increase in tobacco and cigarette excise taxes in the country. EU EU Financial Transactions Tax In 2016 'Unlikely' A group of 11 European Union countries has failed to reach an agreement on a proposed financial transactions tax before a self-imposed deadline. EU Approves New Customs Framework The European Council has signalled its support for the Commission's proposal for a new customs risk management strategy. British Small Businesses Seek Digital VAT Concessions Enterprise Nation andndash; a group of UK small business owners and freelancers andndash; has attended meetings with the UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, as part of a campaign to secure concessions ahead of value-added tax changes affecting suppliers of broadcasting, telecommunications, and electronic services to EU consumers from January 1, 2015. Energy Associations Call For EU Anti-VAT Fraud Action A group of ten European gas and electricity associations has called for the European Commission to compel EU member states to introduce a value-added tax reverse charge on wholesale supplies of gas and electricity to stamp out VAT fraud. Japan Hong Kong, Japan Improve Their Tax Info Exchange On December 10, Hong Kong and Japan exchanged notes regarding the exchange of information provisions in their existing double taxation agreement dated November 9, 2010. UK HMRC's Construction Sector Compliance Work Yields Results HM Revenue and Customs's efforts to make UK construction companies bring their workers in-house under the Pay-As-You-Earn tax system have yielded a seven percent increase in revenue, according to chartered accountancy firm Haines Watts. Experts React To UK Banking Tax Changes The revenue effect of a new restriction on the use of carried forward losses for UK banks is similar to a 36 percent increase in the bank levy, according to accountancy firm EY. UK Issues Extra Guidance On 2015 VAT MOSS Changes The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, has issued additional guidance to support small- and medium-sized businesses in complying with the change to European Union value-added tax place of supply rules for broadcasting, telecommunications, and electronic services from January 1, 2015. Diverted Profits Tax To Undermine UK Economy: ACCA The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has said the UK has jumped the gun in announcing a Diverted Profits Tax, urging UK policy makers to instead wait out the completion of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's base erosion and profit shifting work. US US Congress Urged To Focus On TPP, Not TPA While President Barack Obama has indicated that he would press for congressional approval for Trade Promotion Authority renewal as an aid in current United States trade agreement negotiations, House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin has stressed the need to continue to focus wholly on those negotiations. Bulgaria Concludes US FATCA Deal Bulgaria has formally signed up to the US's Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, just over six months after the two countries concluded a transitional "in substance" agreement. Singapore, US Sign FATCA IGA On December 9, Singapore and the United States signed a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Intergovernmental Agreement, following its initialing in May this year.