Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 15-Oct-2012

Canada Canada Formally Joins TPP Talks Canada has formally joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, a move government ministers say will help create jobs, economic growth and long-term prosperity. Canada Announces Tariff Relief Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has announced new tariff relief for Canadian manufacturers worth an estimated CAD1.7m (USD1.7m) to businesses annually. China China's Nansha Zone To Boost Hong Kong, Macau Ties China has established another state-level development area in the Nansha district of Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, in the expectation that it will further enhance the region’s cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau. EU Breakthrough Claimed On EU FTT The European Commission has announced that a breakthrough was made in the latest meeting of European Union finance ministers that will allow a financial transaction tax to be rolled out on the basis of enhanced cooperation. UK UK Mansion Tax Ruled Out While the UK government has said that the wealthy should be expected to shoulder a larger burden of the country's austerity measures, the Conservative leadership has ruled out the introduction of a so-called 'mansion tax' or temporary wealth tax any time soon. CGT Freeze For UK Employee Ownership Schemes UK Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans for a scheme under which tax-exempt shares will be made available to new employees in exchange for the forfeit of redundancy and unfair dismissal rights. US Crown Dependencies To Strike FATCA Deals With US The governments of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man have simultaneously announced that they are seeking to negotiate partnership agreements with the United States to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. US Confirms Increased Duties On Chinese Solar Cells The United States Department of Commerce announced its affirmative final determinations on October 10, to impose antidumping duties and countervailing duties on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China.