Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 26-Sep-2011

Canada Flaherty Slams FATCA Canada is not a tax haven, the country's Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty, has said, warning that any attempts by the US to rigidly impose its Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act on Canadians would accomplish little. EU EU Divisions Entrenched On European Tobin Tax During a recent meeting of European Union finance ministers and central bank leaders in Breslau, deep divisions crystallized on the highly controversial idea of Europe proceeding unilaterally with the introduction of a tax levied on all financial market transactions. Ireland Wants EU To Make Treaty Changes To Protect Tax Rate The Irish government continues to demonstrate its commitment to the country's low rate of corporate tax, with officials requesting the European Union to offer a legal pledge that Ireland will retain control over the rate. Jersey Publishes EU Savings Tax Figures Jersey’s Comptroller of Taxes has remitted to EU member states a total of GBP4m in retention tax for the year 2010. Guernsey Corporate Tax Changes Unlikely Guernsey Chief Minister Lyndon Trott has welcomed the outcome of the EU Code of Conduct Group's review of the business tax regimes in Jersey and the Isle of Man, noting that this should provide greater certainty for businesses over the future of Guernsey's 'zero-ten' tax regime. Danish Gambling Law Receives EU Green Light After an in-depth investigation, the European Commission has concluded that a law liberalizing gambling in Denmark and at the same time creating lower taxes for online casinos than for land-based ones is in line with EU state aid rules. UK UK Lib Dems Talk Tough On Tax Senior Liberal Democrats in the UK coalition government have made it clear that theirs is not a party willing to cut the tax burden on the UK's wealthiest, stressing that their priority in government is to secure such treatment for those on low and middle incomes. UK Tax Gap Figures Improve The gap between the tax that should in theory be collected by the UK and what actually is collected narrowed last year, with the government committed to reducing it still further through a continued crackdown on tax evasion. UK To Step Up Business Record Checks Following on from a pilot scheme, the UK's revenue agency is to extend its Business Records Checks programme, with plans to complete 12,000 such checks by the end of the current financial year. US US Senate Considers Retirement Savings In Future Tax Reform The United States Senate Committee on Finance has held a hearing on the further encouragement of retirement savings within any future reform to the country’s tax code. US Points To Progress In TPP Negotiations A statement from the Office of the United States Trade Representative has disclosed that the nine countries involved in negotiating the extended Trans-Pacific Partnership– the United States, Australia, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore and Brunei – have made progress in a further round of negotiations in Chicago. Aviation Industry Opposes US Security Tax Hikes On behalf of the international aviation community, the International Air Transport Association has expressed its opposition to proposals from the US government to double the 9/11 passenger security fee and then to raise it in successive years through 2017 as part of the nation’s deficit reduction plan.