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

China China Calls On EU Not To Use Unjustified Trade Remedies Following the dismissal by the European Court of Justice of the anti-dumping case from the European Council against Xinanchem, a partly state-owned Chinese company, China’s Ministry of Commerce called for the European Union to stop its unfair and erroneous use of trade remedy measures. China Disputes WTO Panel Findings In US Steel Case China has initiated an appeal against the findings of a World Trade Organisation panel in its June 2012 assessment of a case relating to China's imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing import duties on grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel from the United States. China Expands VAT Pilot Scheme At a meeting on July 25 of China’s State Council chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao, it was decided to expand the scope of the value-added tax pilot scheme, currently being tested only in Shanghai. UK UK Unveils New Plans To Tackle Tax Avoidance The UK's Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury has launched a stinging attack on tax avoidance, warning that the government will come down hard on the 'cowboy tax avoiders' who promote avoidance schemes. Privy Council Sets Precedent In DRC Debt Case Leading offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has successfully represented la Generale des Carrieres et des Mines Sarl, a state-owned mining company based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in an appeal recently concluded before the Judicial Committee of the UK Privy Council. UK Announces Gas Extraction Tax Break The UK government on July 25, 2012, announced new tax relief to encourage investment in the extraction of gas deposits in the North Sea. US US Congress Discusses Tax Reform For Manufacturers The House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee has held a hearing to examine how the current tax code affects United States manufacturers, and how tax reform could help by lowering tax rates and, perhaps, adopting a ‘territorial’ tax system. US Senate Democrats Drop Estate Tax Sweetener The US Senate Democrats have recently dropped their plans for estate tax changes from 2013 as part of the planned Bush tax cuts extension. US Congress Discusses Online Sales Taxes The United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary has held a hearing to consider proposed legislation which would enable states to collect sales taxes from retailers who lack a physical presence in the state, and thereby, it is said, allow local 'Main Street' retailers to compete more effectively against out-of-state internet sellers. US Treasury Issues Model Intergovernmental FATCA Agreement The United States Treasury Department has published a model intergovernmental agreement to implement the information reporting and withholding tax provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, together with a joint communique with France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom endorsing its text. Senate Examines Efficacy Of US Education Tax Breaks The United States Senate Finance Committee has held a hearing to determine the efficiency of the existing tax breaks for higher education, and whether the multitude of separate provisions in the tax code could be simplified. Taiwan's Lifting Of US Beef Ban To Spur US Trade Talks The Taiwanese parliament has passed a bill that will effectively lift a ban on certain beef imports from the United States, and should allow the government to restart talks under the existing US-Taiwan trade and investment framework agreement.