Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 22-Oct-2012

Canada Canada Legislates For Budget Tax Measures Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has tabled a motion to implement a number of tax provisions from his latest Budget, including changes to personal, corporate and international income taxes. Glaxo Canada Wins Key Transfer Pricing Case Canada's highest court has backed pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline Plc in a landmark battle over the use of transfer pricing rules to reduce its federal tax bill. China WTO Finds Again For US In Steel Case Against China In its report circulated on October 18, 2012, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization has upheld a previous panel decision against China's imposition of countervailing and anti-dumping duties on imports of grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel from the United States. EU Jersey EU Savings Tax Remittances Rise 15% The Jersey government has reported that the territory has remitted a total of GBP4.6m (USD7.4m) in retention tax to European Union member states for the year 2011 in compliance with the Savings Tax Directive. EU Investigates Italian Natural Disaster Tax Measures The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether the measures taken by the Italian government to reduce taxes and social security contributions due from companies in areas affected by natural disasters are in line with European Union state aid rules. UK UK Ups Tax Yield From Expat City Workers The UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs, has upped its tax take from investigations into high income foreign workers by 23% over the last two years, according to new figures. UK 'Tax Gap' Shrinks The UK government has welcomed a marginal drop in the 'tax gap' between the revenue collected and the tax due, with HM Revenue and Customs warning that it will continue to pursue its crackdown on tax avoiders. US Vestas Cuts US Jobs On Tax Credit Extension Doubts Largely due to uncertainty over a possible extension of the Production Tax Credit at the end of 2012, Vestas, the leading wind turbine manufacturer, is to reduce its workforce in the United States significantly. CEOs Want Congress To Compromise On US 'Fiscal Cliff' In a speech to the Detroit Economic Club, John Engler, President of the Business Roundtable, said that Congress has failed to deliver solutions to America's economic problems, particularly those being caused by the proximity of the ‘fiscal cliff’. Swiss Treated 'Worse Than North Korea' By US, Says Cato Scholar Cato Institute Economist Daniel J. Mitchell has asserted that the US treats Switzerland worse than North Korea, and that it is against US interests for it to do so. Antigua And Barbuda Demands Justice In US Trade Dispute The government of Antigua and Barbuda and the territory's remote gaming industry are to collaborate in an attempt to resolve a decade-long dispute with the United States following its failure to abide by numerous rulings from the World Trade Organization in favour of the islands. Otros temas Austria Unveils 2013 Growth-Based Budget Austria’s Finance Minister Maria Fekter has recently presented the country’s 2013 budget to the Austrian National Assembly, providing for new tax revenues from the bilateral withholding tax agreement concluded with Switzerland, and from the introduction of a financial transactions tax.