Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 30-Abr-2012

Canada Canada, Costa Rica To Expand FTA Canada and Costa Rica have concluded a third round of talks on the expansion and modernization of their existing free trade agreement. Canada Targets Immigrant Entrepreneurs The Canadian government has launched consultations on plans for a new 'start-up visa' designed to attract immigrant entrepreneurs and bolster the economy. Canada-EU Trade Talks Entering Final Straight An ambitious Canada-European Union trade agreement will benefit businesses and workers, ministers from Canada and Denmark said after they met to discuss the ongoing negotiations. China Bermuda Concludes Marketing Push In China Business Bermuda, the promotional agency for the territory's financial services industry, has concluded a week-long business development and relationship-building trip in Shanghai and Beijing mirroring the decisions of other small, low-tax, financial centres targeting the region as a new source of financial services growth. China Confirms Slowdown In Tax Revenue Growth The Ministry of Finance has announced final figures showing that China's tax revenues increased substantially by 10.3% in the first quarter of 2012, much less than the increase of 32.4% experienced in the first quarter of last year, and the slowest growth rate in three years. EU EU Parliament Backs Mandatory CCCTB The European Parliament has voted in favour of making mandatory the implementation of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base among European Union member states despite sustained opposition from some nations. UK London Invokes Clause To Improve Swiss Tax Deal In a diplomatic note, the UK has called for changes to be made to the bilateral withholding tax agreement concluded with Switzerland last October, aimed at resolving the issue of the undeclared wealth of British residents held in Swiss banks. Committee Scrutinizes UK Top Tax Rate Cut The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, should publish a new assessment on the likely impact of lowering the UK's top rate of income tax, a group of lawmakers has said, warning that the costs and benefits of the measure are both highly uncertain. Low Tax Receipts Hike UK Borrowing Figures Weak tax receipts helped push up UK public sector borrowing in March, with large corporate tax repayments and no increase in value-added-tax receipts among the factors to blame. US India Reassures US On Retrospective Tax Plans India's Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has defended plans for retrospective tax legislation, telling the US Secretary of the Treasury that the proposals merely clarify the intent of current laws. USVI, Puerto Rico Look For Rum 'Cover Over' Extension Legislation has been introduced into both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives to extend the 'cover over' of the excise tax on rum for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Congress Examines Tax-Advantaged Health Accounts On April 25, a US Congressional panel held a hearing focused on the limitations imposed on the purchase of over-the-counter medication with tax-advantaged accounts, such as health care flexible spending arrangements, health savings accounts and health reimbursement accounts. Geithner Finds Progress In US-China Trade Relations In remarks made to the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, Timothy Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, reviewed the development of the trading and economic relationship between the United States and China, and pronounced that significant progress has been made. Otros temas Swiss Parliament Adopts Tax Deal With Austria Switzerland’s Federal Council has recently adopted the text of the withholding tax agreement with Austria. Otros temas Canadian Budget Tax Legislation Tabled Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has tabled legislation which will implement certain tax provisions of his 2012 Budget, including reforms to tax shelters and minor changes to the sales tax system. Otros temas EP Committee Seeks Wider FTT Net The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has said in a recently adopted resolution that the European Commission’s proposed financial transaction tax should be better designed in order to capture more traders and to make evading it unprofitable.