Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 27-Sep-2010

China China Readies Property Tax Sources in China are predicting a formal announcement next week, at the beginning of the Autumn Festival, of a new property tax to become effective early next year. EU EU Funds Market Faces Tax Barriers An industry research report shows that there are significant tax complications in the new Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive that prevent the achievement of a harmonized European funds industry. UK UK Announces Tax Evasion Crackdown Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the UK Treasury, has announced that the coalition government will embark on a major crackdown against tax evasion and avoidance with a view to raising an additional GBP7bn in revenues by 2014/15. UK Signs TIEA With Netherlands Antilles The UK government announced on September 17 that it had signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the Netherlands Antilles. UK To Forge Ahead With Corporate Tax Reform Mark Hoban, the Financial Secretary to the UK Treasury, confirmed in a speech on September 20 the government's desire to move the country towards a more territorial system of corporate taxation. HMRC Mulls Radical PAYE Reform The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, is considering radical proposals to centralize the pay-as-you-earn tax payment system in order to iron out a number of errors which have beset the antiquated system for a number of years. UK Avoids Credit Downgrade Credit ratings agency Moody’s has endorsed UK fiscal policy in maintaining the country's triple-A credit rating with a stable outlook, but it warned that medium-term risks to the rating remain. Cable Crusades Against City 'Short-Termism' UK Business Secretary Vince Cable announced on September 22 that the government is to conduct a comprehensive review into corporate governance and 'economic short-termism.' UK Carousel Fraudsters Receive Extra 20 Years HM Revenue and Customs has announced that additional sentences of ten years have been given to two men jailed for their part in a Missing Trader Intra Community fraud, and their failure to comply with the largest ever confiscation order ever secured by the tax authority, at GBP184.6m (USD289m). Bankers' Bonus Tax Generates Windfall For UK Coffers The UK government has disclosed that it has received 40% more revenue than expected from the limited-in-time bankers’ bonuses tax, suggesting that the previous Labour government’s attempt to limit bonuses failed to have a considerable impact. Guernsey Announces 'Productive' UK Meetings Guernsey Chief Minister Lyndon Trott met Crown Dependencies and Constitution Minister Lord McNally recently to discuss a number of issues of mutual interest to the Guernsey and UK governments, as well as discussing the Minister’s upcoming trip to the Bailiwick. LSE Urges Fiscal Support For SMEs In response to the UK government’s green paper on ‘financing a private sector recovery', the London Stock Exchange has presented a number of recommendations to ensure support for high growth small- and medium-sized enterprises, entities that it has urged are crucial to 'ensuring a successful economy'. UK Businesses Back Anti-Tax Avoidance Drive A survey by accounting and consultancy firm RSM Tenon has found resounding support for HM Revenue and Customs's stated intention to increase funding to tackle tax avoidance in the UK, with only 9% opposed to increasing funding in this area. US US 'Insourcing' Bill To Use Payroll Tax Breaks A bill, which will possibly be introduced in the United States Senate in the coming days, would give a payroll tax holiday to companies hiring American workers to replace those at a foreign-based operation, and remove tax breaks from those companies moving operations abroad. Otros temas French Bank Tax To Generate EUR504m In 2011 French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has confirmed that the tax on banks in France is due to generate in the region of EUR504m in additional revenues for the state in 2011, increasing to EUR555m in 2012 and to EUR810m in 2013.