Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 23-Ene-2012

Canada Canada Releases Tax Expenditures Report The Canadian Department of Finance has released its 2011 Tax Expenditures and Evaluations report detailing the revenue impacts of federal tax measures. China China Lifts VAT On Vegetable Distribution To combat food price inflation, the Chinese Ministry of Finance has announced its decision to retroactively exempt the distribution of vegetables from value-added tax. Raspberry Pi Balks At UK Tax Regime The UK's tax regime makes it far too expensive for an electronics company to manufacture in the country, the computer company Raspberry Pi has said, looking to Taiwan and China instead to produce its goods. Hong Kong To Relax Listing Rules For Chinese Firms At the Asian Financial Forum, held in Hong Kong, the vice-chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Yao Gang, has indicated that overseas listing rules will be relaxed this year. EU Transaction Costs To Soar Under EU FTT Transaction costs in the foreign exchange markets would soar under a European financial transactions tax (FTT) and could potentially result in three quarters of taxable transactions relocating to other jurisdictions to avoid the tax, a new report has warned. EU Tax Burdens Stabilize Following three years of decline, European Union nations' tax-to-GDP ratios remained broadly level in 2010, the latest year for which detailed tax revenue statistics are available for all member states, as governments begin to consolidate their fiscal positions. In the euro area the downward trend in tax revenues continued, but decelerated in 2010, with a slight drop to 40.2% of GDP. ASEAN, EU Discuss FTA Issues Officials and business representatives from the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states and the European Union have recently held a meeting in Siem Reap, Cambodia, to discuss the challenges and opportunities of free trade agreements. Rösler Eyes Stock Market Tax As EU Option German Economy Minister and leader of the ruling Free Democratic Party Philipp Rösler has recently put forward the idea of introducing a European Union stock market sales tax, based on the existing UK model, as an alternative to the controversial financial transactions tax, currently dividing opinion within the coalition, and indeed within Europe. Moldova Holds First Round Meetings On FTA With EU European Union negotiators met with the Moldovan government on January 16, 2012, to agree a timeline to begin negotiations immediately towards a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. UK UK Mulls Tax Breaks For Employee Ownership Continuing his attack on 'irresponsible capitalism' the UK's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said that he wants to cut red tape and reform the tax system to encourage employee ownership. UK Pension Schemes Divided On Accounting Rules UK pension schemes are divided over whether their pension liabilities should form part of their annual accounts and be subject to audit, according to a new KPMG survey. Hague Seeks 'Modern Relationship' With Overseas Territories The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that he will lead one of the strongest ever delegations of UK ministers and senior officials to attend the UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum to coincide with the government's review of its relationship with its overseas territories. UK Author Calls For Tax Breaks To Help New Writers A tax incentive would help give new writers a head start in publishing, one of the UK's leading authors has said. US Expiry Of State Sales Tax Deduction Impacts On US Taxpayers As the United States Congress debates whether to continue allowing taxpayers to deduct the amount they pay in state sales taxes from their federal income tax returns, an analysis from the Tax Foundation has found that states vary widely in the number of individuals taking the deduction. Bush Tax Widened US Wealth Gap, Says Study A recently-released report by the Congressional Research Service, on the changes in the distribution of income among individual filers of tax returns between 1996 and 2006, has concluded that the tax cuts that were first enacted under the presidency of George W. Bush have contributed to a widening of the United States wealth gap. Obama's Job Council Recommends Tax Reform President Barack Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, set up a year ago, has presented its 72-page report, including recommendations to create a simpler, more efficient tax system that 'levels the playing field for businesses and makes the US more competitive internationally'. US, Mauritius Hold TIFA Consultations Deputy United States Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis has led a US delegation to Mauritius for talks with the local government under the US-Mauritius Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, to discuss a broad range of issues relating to their bilateral trade and investment relationship.