Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 24-Ene-2011

Canada Canada Announces Red Tape Commission Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced the creation of a 'Red Tape Reduction Commission', which will work to reduce the burden of federal regulatory requirements on Canadian enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized businesses. US Takes Canada To Arbitration Over Lumber The United States Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, has announced that the United States is requesting arbitration with Canada under the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement regarding the under-pricing of timber harvested in British Columbia. Canada Hits Back At US In Lumber Spat Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Peter Van Loan, has responded to the United States's decision to initiate arbitration proceedings with the nation over a dispute regarding the implementation of pricing mechanisms prescribed in the Softwood Lumber Agreement. China China Pilots New RMB Overseas Investment Scheme The People’s Bank of China has announced the introduction of a pilot scheme for Chinese enterprises to settle overseas direct investments in renminbi. UK Consumers Foot The Bill For Shoe Tariffs UK retailers are urging the European Commission to accept that import taxes which have pushed up the price of shoes from China and Vietnam should finally end. Hong Kong Promoted As International Legal Service Centre At the new Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin, a delegation headed by the President of the Law Society of Hong Kong, Huen Wong, promoted Hong Kong as an international legal platform for doing, in particular, cross-border business and investment deals in China and Asia. Japan Japan Sets Schedule For Consumption Tax Hike Members of the Japanese government have confirmed a schedule to legislate tax reform proposals, including an increase in consumption tax, by March 2012. Japan Sticks To Timetable For TPP Decision Banri Kaieda, Japan’s new Trade Minister after Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s recent ministerial reshuffle, has confirmed that the government will not bring forward its deadline for deciding whether to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership. UK UK GAAR Group Formed HM Treasury has announced the names of the members of the new committee set up to work on a UK General Anti-Avoidance Rule and the areas that it will cover. HMRC To Probe Small Firms' Records The UK Forum of Private Business is warning small firms to keep proper financial records or face fines in excess of GBP3,000. UK Hauliers Join Forces Against Rising Tax The two major trade associations representing the road freight industry in the UK, the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association, are joining forces with the FairFuelUK Campaign. The campaign aims to have the fuel duty rise planned for April scrapped and for the government to intervene and stabilize fuel prices. UK Audit Regulators Agree Cooperation Framework The Financial Services Authority and the Financial Reporting Council have agreed a new Memorandum of Understanding to enable a greater degree of cooperation and information exchange between the two regulators. UK Non-Dom Numbers In Decline New figures obtained under a freedom of information request by a UK law firm, McGrigors, have revealed that the number of non-domiciled taxpayers in the UK has declined significantly since the UK government imposed an annual fee on taxpayers with such status in 2008/09, in a move expected to have been detrimental to the UK tax take. Victory For UK Taxpayer In Holiday Home VAT Case Holiday home developer The Lower Mill Estate Ltd has been successful in its appeal against a ruling from HM Revenue and Customs, which had accused the firm of using an 'abusive' value-added tax scheme. More Pressure On UK To Dump APD During talks this week between the New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (pictured) and William Hague, UK Foreign Secretary, it is expected that the high cost of departure tax between the UK and New Zealand will be high on the agenda. US US Treasury Introduces Account Card Refund Pilot The United States Department of the Treasury has launched a pilot scheme to offer taxpayers a safe, convenient and low-cost financial account for the electronic delivery of their federal tax refunds. Japan, US Hold TPP Talks Wendy Cutler, Assistant United States Trade Representative, and Takeshi Yagi, Director General of the Economic Affairs Bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have concluded a two-day meeting of the US-Japan Trade Forum which, amongst other topics, included a discussion on the present position of negotiations for the expanded Trans-Pacific Partnership. US Businesses Seek Tax Cuts In testimony before the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on the first day of its Hearing on Fundamental Tax Reform, the Business Roundtable made a case both for a reduction in United States’ tax on corporate income and an exemption from tax of all corporate profits earned abroad. US Insurance Costs Of Neal Bill Defended A new economic analysis prepared by the consulting firm LECG on behalf of the Coalition for a Domestic Insurance Industry has questioned the purported effects of the Neal Bill on insurance capacity and consumer pricing in the United States. Otros temas IATA Slams Canadian Aviation Taxes The International Air Transport Association has called on the Canadian government to improve its global competitiveness in air transport, travel and tourism by working with the country's aviation industry to address issues such as taxation, regulation, security and the environment.