Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 12-Sep-2011

China China Grants Tax Exemptions For Oil And Gas Projects China’s Ministry of Finance has announced that both onshore and offshore oil and gas drilling projects have been granted import duty and value-added tax exemptions. China, Hong Kong Converge Audit Standards A joint declaration signed between the China Auditing Standards Board and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants promises further convergence between the Mainland's and Hong Kong's Auditing Standards. WTO Backs US Tax On Chinese Tyres The World Trade Organization Appellate Body has found in favour of the United States in a dispute brought by China challenging the imposition of additional duties on imports of Chinese tyres. EU EU-Singapore Trade Pact In The Offing Following his meeting with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Long, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso (pictured) said that a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Singapore will likely be finalized 'very soon'. UK 50% Tax Rate Tarnishing UK Competitiveness A group of leading economists are the latest to place pressure on the UK Chancellor, George Osborne, to repeal the top individual income tax rate of 50%, warning of the 'lasting damage' the tax will cause to the UK economy if it is not revoked 'at the earliest opportunity'. UK VAT Amnesty Deadline Approaches VAT rule-breakers have until September 30 to register to pay what they owe under an HM Revenue and Customs amnesty campaign. First Incorporated Limited Partnership Formed In Jersey Ogier Jersey has acted as advisor in relation to the establishment of the first incorporated limited partnership in Jersey, Invescap (Villette) ILP, which invests in UK commercial real estate. US US Recovers Three-Quarters Of MBS Investment The United States Treasury has provided an update on the continued orderly wind down of its agency-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities portfolio acquired during the recent financial crisis, which shows that it has now recovered more than 76% of its original capital investment. House Approves US Generalized System Of Preferences The Republican Party has, with a bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives, introduced and passed a renewal of the United States’ Generalized System of Preferences, and hope that it will prompt some action from President Barack Obama and the Democrat Party to present the pending free trade agreements to Congress.