Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 06-May-2013

Canada Canadian Revenue Agency Hails Improvement In Tax Collections The Canada Revenue Agency has made "satisfactory" progress on improvements to tax debt collections, a new report has concluded. EU Increase In 2011 EU Tax-To-GDP Ratio The overall tax-to-GDP ratio among all 27 nations in the European Union stood at 38.8 percent in 2011, increasing from 38.3 percent in 2010, according to the 2013 edition of the Taxation Trends in the European Union publication. EU Task Force Reports On Tax Progress In Greece The European Union's Task Force for Greece has announced that it will be focusing on streamlining the country's Tax Procedures Code in the months ahead, as part of the technical assistance it is currently providing in the area of tax administration Austria Willing To Negotiate With EU On Banking Secrecy Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and Deputy Chancellor Michael Spindelegger have recently confirmed Austria's willingness "to participate constructively" in negotiations between the European Union and third states on an automatic exchange of banking information. London Chamber of Commerce Warns on Transaction Tax The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has described plans for a Financial Transaction Tax within parts the EU as potentially "particularly damaging" for London's financial services industry and for businesses that support the financial sector. Japan Japan's Entry To TPP Up For US Congressional Approval Following an announcement earlier in the month that the United States and Japan had completed bilateral consultations, Acting US Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis notified Congress, in a letter dated April 24, of the Administration's intention to include Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiations. UK UK Parliamentary Committee Harries Big Four A new report by a UK Parliamentary Committee has called for HM Treasury to devise a new code of practice for tax advisors, which would determine whether the firms they work for should be given contracts with government. Creative Sector Tax Reliefs Launched In UK UK Chancellor George Osborne has formally launched tax reliefs for the creative sector, arguing that the UK's tax regime made it "the place" for filming new "high-end" television shows and for making animations. UK Government Receives Billions From Four Sweetheart Tax Deals A leaked document has revealed that so-called "sweetheart" tax deals, in which UK tax officials and corporations settle disputes behind closed doors, regularly bring in more than GBP1bn for the British Government. Five To Be Charged For UK Film Tax Fraud Five people are to be prosecuted in connection with a UK film tax relief fraud allegedly costing the public revenue around GBP125m (USD195m), according to the Crown Prosecution Service. Google Faces Renewed UK Tax Scrutiny Google faces fresh scrutiny of its tax affairs by a UK Parliamentary committee, after Reuters analyzed job adverts and staff social media profiles which the news agency claims give the impression that members of Google's sales team are based in the UK rather than in Ireland. US US Congress Studies Residential Property Tax Reform Dave Camp, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, has held a hearing on the United States federal tax provisions that affect residential real estate, as part of the Committee's continuing work on tax reform. Study Looks At US Tax Treatment of Capital Assets With the United States Congress debating major reforms of corporate and individual income taxes, with one of the objectives being to reduce tax rates to promote economic growth, a paper produced by the Tax Foundation looks at the tax treatment of the cost of plant, equipment and buildings as an important part of such a pro-growth tax system. US Senate Attempts Tobacco Tax Hike US Senators have introduced a Tobacco Tax and Enforcement Reform Act aimed at reducing illegal tobacco trafficking, eliminating tax variances between different tobacco products and increasing the federal excise tax rate on tobacco products. Channel Islands Highlight Cooperation In Washington Jersey's Assistant Chief Minister for External Relations Philip Bailhache and Guernsey's Treasury Minister Gavin St Pier have returned from a series of joint meetings with US officials in Washington to discuss taxation, transparency and the fight against financial crime. Proposal To Limit US Tax Deductions Resurfaces The resurfacing, in a recent newspaper article, of a proposal by Harvard economics professor Martin Feldstein to limit itemized deductions to 2% of an individual taxpayer's income, so as to reduce the United States fiscal deficit, would slow economic growth, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation. US Accountants Make Anti-Tax Fraud Suggestions On May 1, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provided testimony at the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board Forum on its suggestions about how to curb United States tax identity theft and fraud. Otros temas PIT Revenues Drive Canadian Stats Improvement Canadian tax revenues for the first eleven months of the 2012-13 financial year rose by 2.3 percent to CAD230.3bn. Otros temas More Canadian Budget Tax Measures Introduced Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has tabled legislation that will implement a number of the tax measures announced at his recent Budget Otros temas OECD Transfer Pricing Booklet Released The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has released a new Draft Handbook on Transfer Pricing Risk Assessment, which aims to set out clear and detailed steps national authorities can take to assess the transfer pricing risk presented by an individual taxpayer’s operations. Otros temas Switzerland Set To Renegotiate German Tax Deal Marking a swift and somewhat surprising about-turn, Switzerland has announced its willingness to hold talks with Germany on a new withholding tax agreement between the two countries.