Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 25-Abr-2016

Canada Canada To Adopt Latest Tax Transparency Standard The Canadian Government has released for consultation draft legislative proposals to implement the Common Reporting Standard from July 1, 2017. Canadian Minister To Promote EU Trade Deal Canada's International Trade Minister, Chrystia Freeland, is in Brussels this week to promote the benefits of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union. China DMCC To Help Establish Commodity Registry For Chinese FTZs The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, a free trade zone in the United Arab Emirates, has agreed to collaborate with Chinese silver producer China Silver Group Limited to establish a central registry for a commodity ownership and financing platform for China's free trade zones. China Pushes Back Against Steel Exports Criticism Following an April 18 meeting in Brussels of high-level government representatives focusing on global overcapacity problems in the steel sector, China's Assistant Minister of Commerce, Zhang Ji, criticized the increasing number of trade disputes, and the resultant anti-dumping duties, involving his country's steel exports. EU EU Member States Ordered To Recover Excise Tax Breaks The General Court of the European Union has ruled that tax exemptions granted by France, Ireland, and Italy for the production of alumina must be repaid. UK New SDLT Surcharge Impacts UK House Prices The announcement of a UK new stamp duty land tax on the purchase of second homes created upward pressure on the housing market, according to research by property website Rightmove. Surge In UK Property Sales Ahead Of Tax Hike A 25 percent year-on-year increase in stamp duty land tax receipts in March was likely driven by sales of second homes ahead of the introduction of a new SDLT surcharge in April, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. UK Overhauls Anti-Money Laundering Regime The UK Government has set out a three-point action plan to overhaul the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist finance regime. US US Senate Bill Would Introduce Free Online Tax Filing Elizabeth Warren has introduced the Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2016 into the US Senate with the intention of simplifying and decreasing the cost of the tax filing process for individual taxpayers. US Expat Tax Filing Requirements Too Complex Over a third of US citizens living overseas are likely to have made a mistake on their tax return during the current tax season, or filed it later than the April 18 deadline, according to the deVere Group, a financial consultancy. US Senate Bill To Clarify Taxpayers' Appeal Rights Rob Portman, a member of the US Senate Finance Committee and Chairman of the Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations, has introduced new legislation that is intended to better protect taxpayer rights. US Senate Approves Airport Tax Extensions On April 19, the US Senate passed a bipartisan bill that, if subsequently approved by the House of Representatives, will extend the key revenue provisions supporting the Airport and Airway Trust Fund until end-September 2017. US House Democrats Introduce Bill To Hike Death Tax In conjunction with other leading Democratic lawmakers, Sander Levin, Ranking Member of the US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, has introduced legislation that would reduce the current estate tax exemption and increase its tax rate.