Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 27-Jun-2011

Canada Canada To Push For Implementation Of Panama FTA Canada is to move quickly to reintroduce implementing legislation for its Free Trade Agreement with Panama, a government minister has said. Flaherty Seeking FATCA Exemption For Canada Canada's Finance Minister hopes to see the country's financial institutions exempt from the US's Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, a law which requires the exchange of information on US clients. China China Discloses Public Opinion On Income Tax Thresholds The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, prior to its reconsideration of the government’s proposed amendments to personal income tax thresholds, has released details of the feedback it has received from the public. Jersey Strengthens Relationship With China Tangible benefits to Jersey are now being realised as a result of the ongoing commitment to building relationships with China, according to the head of the body that promotes Jersey as a finance centre. China Mulls Reduced Import Duties On Luxury Goods At a news conference, the spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, Yao Jian, said that the government is considering a reduction in import tariffs to stimulate an increase in domestic spending on luxury consumer goods. EU EU Takes The Netherlands To Task On Tax Provisions The European Commission has referred the Netherlands to the European Union’s Court of Justice for failing to properly implement European value-added tax rules for travel agents. Japan Japan Delays Consumption Tax Increases With Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan under extreme political pressure, the committee of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan dealing with the government’s tax and social security reforms has postponed a decision on the proposed increases to consumption tax. UK UK Consults On Non-Dom Tax Changes The UK government has launched a consultation on its changes to non-dom taxation, which include a hike in the annual charge, to be introduced alongside investment incentives. UK Tax Revenues Up, Deficit And Borrowing Down Higher tax receipts helped drive down the UK's deficit and public sector borrowing during May, new figures from the Office of National Statistics have shown. Lords Report On UK Tax Policy Tax policymaking is on the right track in the UK, according to a parliamentary committee, which has also highlighted four main areas requiring government attention. Pension Accounting Standard To Cut Corporate Profits KPMG in the UK has commented on the release by the International Accounting Standards Board of its long-awaited revised pensions accounting standard 'IAS 19 Employee Benefits'. UK Dismisses Pension Tax Relief Claims After speculation that the Chancellor was mulling scrapping pension tax reliefs for the UK's higher earners, the Treasury has rubbished the claims, saying they had already been ruled out. UK Continues GAAR Study The UK's study into a potential General Anti-Avoidance Rule has passed its halfway point, marked by the issuance of a summary letter to the Treasury, detailing the progress of the investigation. US US Senate Votes Against Ethanol Tax Breaks The Brazilian sugarcane industry has lauded the decision of the United States Senate to vote in favor of the abolition of subsidies for ethanol-based fuel producers and to cease imposing tariffs on alcohol fuel, introduced to protect the US industry from foreign suppliers. US Tax Reform To Await Debt Ceiling Resolution The United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, at a conference, has said that the government would propose comprehensive tax reform proposals later this year, but only after the present debt ceiling and fiscal deficit discussions have been resolved. Republicans Pull Out Of US Debt Talks Over Taxes The United States House of Representatives’ Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, and Senate Minority Whip, Jon Kyl, two Republicans who have been talking with Vice President Joe Biden and Democrat members of Congress on an increase to the country’s debt limit, have confirmed that they will no longer attend those negotiations. US States Face Pension Funding Crisis A study entitled 'The Revenue Demands of Public Employee Pension Promises', co-authored by the Kellogg School of Management and the University of Rochester, has calculated the increases in state and local pension contributions that would be required to achieve full funding of state and local pension systems in the United States over the next 30 years.