Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 27-Ene-2014

Canada Canada Celebrates 'Beyond The Border' Action Plan Ministers have agreed that delivering on their "Beyond the Border Action Plan" is vital to strengthening economic competitiveness and securing flows of goods, services and people between the US and Canada. Get Behind Transparency Drive, Australian Miners Urged Campaigners have warned that Australia lags behind countries like Canada and the US in the drive to enforce mandatory reporting standards for the mining, oil, and gas sectors. Canada Seeking Freer Trade With Israel Canada and Israel are to expand and modernize their free trade agreement, with the aim of boosting bilateral commercial flows. China China, GCC To Resume FTA Talks China and the Gulf Cooperation Council met on January 17, 2014 to draw up an action plan on cooperation from 2014 to 2017 and agreed to accelerate negotiations on a free-trade agreement. EU EU Steps Up Action Against Customs Fraud Anti-fraud operations should preferably involve the cooperation of customs and tax authorities, the European Commission has said. Germany's Gabriel Slams EU Over Eco Tax Break Intervention Adding fuel to the fire, German Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has reportedly submitted an opinion to the European Commission, criticizing the body for its inappropriate intervention and investigations into the country's renewable energy tax rebate, currently accorded to energy-intensive companies in Germany. Japan Japan Studies Corporate Tax Rate Cut For Growth Strategy Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is looking again at lower corporate taxes to provide a new impetus to growth in the economy, but, as he did last year, Finance Minister Taro Aso has again cast doubt on whether such a policy is viable at the present time. UK MEPs Attack UK Shale Tax Plans The former chair of the EU's Committee on the Environment has been quoted as saying that the European Commission should "urgently analyze and intervene against" a recently-announced plan by the British Government to allow local councils to keep 100 percent of the business rate revenue from shale gas sites. ISPs Reject UK Move Against Offshore Gambling Internet service providers (ISPs) in the United Kingdom have rejected a request from the government to display warnings to web users who attempt to view poker sites operated from offshore jurisdictions. US Ways and Means Releases New Video On US Tax Reform A new educational video released by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee's Dave Camp attempts to explain its effort towards United States tax reform, including a 25 percent reduction in the size of the federal income tax code. US Court Challenge To Obamacare Premium Tax Credits Rejected The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has rejected a challenge to the premium tax credit provision within the Affordable Care Act, which could have seriously affected President Barack Obama's health care law. AICPA Presents Recommendations On US Tax Administration Reform The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has written a letter to United States Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch in which it "strongly supports the efforts by the Committee on tax administration reform and simplification." Amazon Surprises By Starting North Carolina Sales Tax Collections In a disclosure that has come as a complete surprise, Amazon has confirmed that it will begin to charge sales tax in North Carolina from February 1, 2014, bringing the number of US states in which it has agreed to collect the tax to a total of 20. US Copper Miners Contest New Indonesian Export Tax Newmont Mining Corp and Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc, which together produce 97 percent of Indonesia's copper concentrate, are protesting against the introduction by the Government of a progressive export tax until 2017, when a complete ban on exports will come into force. Otros temas Argentine Borrowers Must Withhold Tax On Commissions Paid In a recent decision, Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled that commissions paid by Argentine borrowers should be viewed as Argentine-source business income. Accordingly, they should be subject to withholding tax in Argentina. Otros temas Russia To Ratify OECD Multilateral Tax Convention Russia is on the way to fully joining the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, according to business newspaper Kommersant.