Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 15-Nov-2010

China EFCA Opens Investment Opportunities In China Influential figures from the financial services industry in the Far East have discussed the importance of the Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement between China and Taiwan. EU Belgian PM Seeks EU Financial Tax During a recent address to the European Banking Association in Brussels, Belgium’s outgoing Prime Minister Yves Leterme announced his intention to ask parliament to grant the country’s current government the necessary mandates to finalize the reform of banking supervision in Belgium. Leterme also called for a European credit rating agency and for the introduction of a financial transactions tax. Japan Japan Bids To Join Pacific Trade Area Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has indicated that Japan is willing to participate in talks on joining a free trade pact with the Trans-Pacific Partnership as discussions begin in Yokohama at the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Hong Kong Signs DTA With Japan Hong Kong has signed an agreement with Japan on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. UK Isle Of Man Welcomes City MP's Endorsement The Isle of Man Chief Minister Tony Brown has welcomed the comments of UK Member of Parliament Mark Field who, speaking recently, urged the coalition government to look toward Isle of Man policy when considering how to rebalance the UK economy. 4-Year Plan For HMRC Published The Institute of Directors in the UK has said that the UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs' business plan, released on November 8, to lay out a plan to tackle tax leakages and generate additional revenues for government coffers, should have been drafted long ago but is nevertheless better late than never. UK Contractor Appeals Retrospective Tax Change Three Court of Appeal judges are due to decide whether the UK government breached the rights of a self-employed IT contractor when it closed an offshore tax scheme and imposed a huge retrospective tax penalty. 1,000 UK Tax Reliefs Under Review More than one thousand tax reliefs are under review by the UK's Office of Tax Simplification as the coalition government battles to make the country's tax system more user-friendly. Commons Debates Games Tax Relief TIGA, the trade association on behalf of the UK games industry, welcomed the debate on November 9 in the House of Commons on the introduction of games tax relief for the country's computer games industry, led by the Labour front-bench Treasury team. UK Commits To Better Tax Policy A senior UK Treasury minister has confirmed that the government will publish draft clauses for Finance Bill 2011 next month as part of the government’s commitment to improving tax policy making. US Congress Pledges AMT Relief US Congressional leaders have pledged to 'do everything possible' to stop the alternative minimum tax affecting as many as 21 million taxpayers this year. US Deficit Panel Lights The Blue Touchpaper A bipartisan panel set up by President Obama to suggest ways in which the US federal deficit and debt can be reduced to sustainable levels has issued wide ranging recommendations on tax and spending, setting the cat among the pigeons in Congress. USTR Reports On Trade Barriers Affecting SMEs A report by the United States International Trade Commission, originally commissioned by the United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, identifies the trade barriers that disproportionately affect the export performance of US small- and medium-sized enterprises. South Korea, US Fail To Agree On FTA Terms It was disclosed during a joint press conference by the United States’ President Obama and South Korea’s President Lee in Seoul that recent negotiations to conclude the terms of the proposed United States-South Korea free trade agreement have been unsuccessful.