Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 19-Mar-2012

Canada Canada, India Redoubling Trade Talk Efforts With Canada and India hoping to conclude a trade agreement by 2013, Canada's Minister of International Trade has said that growing bilateral trade between the two countries is fuelled by 'strong people-to-people ties'. China China Under Attack Over Rare Earth Export Restraints The United States, European Union and Japan have jointly requested consultations with China at the World Trade Organization concerning what they call the latter’s unfair export restraints on rare earths, as well as tungsten and molybdenum. European Aviation Fears EU ETS Backlash In joint letters, the heads of some of Europe's major airlines and aviation engine manufacturers have called upon European Union leaders to take action and stop an escalating trade conflict with China and other countries opposing the European Emissions Trading Scheme. EU EU Divided Over FTT Despite months of ongoing discussions, Europe remains divided and seemingly no further forward on the controversial issue of a financial transactions tax. UK UK Fiscal Watchdog Praises HMRC Compliance Efforts HM Revenue and Customs secured an additional GBP4.32bn (USD6.77bn) tax yield over the past five years thanks to a major tax evasion initiative, according to figures from the National Audit Office, which also found that HMRC had successfully reduced staff numbers and introduced a range of improvements in its compliance work. Deputy PM Backs UK 'Tycoon Tax' The UK's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has voiced his support for a 'tycoon tax', with a minimum tax rate enshrined in legislation to make sure everyone pays a 'fair share'. Tax Simplification Body Reviews UK Share Schemes The Office of Tax Simplification has put forward its recommendations on UK tax advantaged share schemes, designed to encourage take up, and reduce the burdens on those offering the schemes. Panel Makes UK Pension Tax Recommendations The UK's Office of Tax Simplification has released the initial findings of its review of pensioner taxation, identifying areas of the tax system causing older taxpayers the most difficulties. UK Pension Industry Calls For Tax Stability There should be no further changes to the UK pension tax system, the head of the National Association of Pension Funds has warned the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Families To Lose Most From UK Tax Changes Households with children are set to lose the most from the UK's forthcoming tax and benefit changes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said. Interest In Guernsey As A Film Finance Centre Grows Guernsey's latest London seminar, to showcase the island's offerings as a leading international film finance centre, has been hailed a success after attracting an audience of over 100 senior members of the UK film community. APD Sapping UK Economy, Report Argues Scrapping the Air Passenger Duty would help UK job creation and boost the economy, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council. US US Lawmakers Mull Small Business Tax Reforms The House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means has held a hearing to examine how the United States tax code affects closely-held businesses, and how and under which sets of rules such firms should be taxed within any future tax reform. US Highways Bill Takes Aim At Tax Havens The Democrat-led Senate has adopted an amendment, which would provide a range of further measures for the Treasury Department to take against foreign governments and financial institutions that 'significantly impede United States tax enforcement', to the bill to provide for an extension of the United States highway-related taxes. Taxes, Red Tape 'Stifling US Aviation' The United States government should ease the tax and regulatory burden on the the nation's aviation industry to improve the sector's competitiveness and boost the economy as a whole, the International Air Transport Association has said. US Senate Passes Highways Tax Bill On March 14, the United States Senate passed, on a bipartisan basis, a bill to provide for an extension of highway-related taxes and the funding of infrastructural spending by the Federal Highway Trust Fund, which included an anti-tax haven amendment.