Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 07-Ene-2013

Canada Canada Announces Caps To Business Perks Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has announced the automobile expense deduction limits and the prescribed rates for the automobile operating expense benefit that will apply in 2013. EU CARIFORUM FTA A Force For Good, Says EU European Union Ambassador to the Caribbean region, Paola Amadei has sought to dispel misconceptions in relation to the Economic Partnership Agreement concluded to establish a free trade zone between the European Union and the fifteen members of the Caribbean Community and the Dominican Republic in 2008. EFTA States To Participate In Phase 3 EU ETS On December 31, 2012, the three European Free Trade Association states of the European Economic Area adopted three Joint Committee Decisions to continue to participate fully in the third phase of the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, which started on January 1, 2013. UK Liechtenstein, UK DTA In Force Following the exchange of relevant notifications, the agreement pertaining to the avoidance of double taxation and tax evasion in the area of taxes on income and on wealth between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Principality of Liechtenstein has now entered into force. UK Employers Urged To Get Ready For Real-Time Reporting HM Revenue and Customs is urging UK employers to prepare themselves for the upcoming overhaul to pay-as-you-earn reporting regulations. WPP Chief Comments On UK Corporate Tax Row Sir Martin Sorell, the chief executive of global advertising and marketing firm WPP, has waded into the row over how much multinational corporations pay in tax to the UK Exchequer, saying that these amounts are often "a question of judgment." UK Issues Guidance On Finance Leasing HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed that taxpayers should continue to treat hire supplies as set out in currently published guidance, despite a recent European Court ruling which has put a question mark over HMRC's view that finance leasing is always a supply of services, rather than of goods. US US Congress Finally Passes Temporary Fiscal Fix Even though an agreement was reached beyond the deadline for such a deal, President Barack Obama, the Senate and the House of Representatives have approved a deal that has avoided the major part of the "fiscal cliff" that would have affected the United States from January 1, 2013, and could have put it back into economic recession. US Tariff Bill To Cut Manufacturers' Costs Congressional leaders from the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee have introduced, on a bipartisan basis, a bill to provide temporary import tariff relief and, thereby, lower the cost of manufacturing inputs and some finished products not made or available in the United States. IMF Responds To US Fiscal Cliff Deal The International Monetary Fund has given a cautious welcome to adoption of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 by the United States Congress, which has prevented the country from slipping over the "fiscal cliff," albeit temporarily. US Renewable Energy Industries Welcome Tax Credit Extensions The United States renewable energy sector has welcomed the inclusion of specific tax incentives in the bill to avert the "fiscal cliff," particularly the one-year renewals of the tax credits for the wind energy and biodiesel industries. FinCEN Further Extends US FBAR Filing Deadline For Some The United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has announced that a small subset of individuals required to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts will receive a further one-year extension beyond their upcoming filing date of June 30, 2013. Otros temas Canadian Govt Promotes 2012 Trade Accomplishments Canada's International Trade Minister Ed Fast has been promoting his government's key trade accomplishments for 2012, stressing the importance of what he calls the most ambitious trade-expansion plan in Canada’s history. Otros temas Taxpayers' Federation Attacks Canadian Tax Changes The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has slammed what it calls a "raid" on taxpayers, with pension and employment insurance contributions at both federal and provincial levels set to increase in the new year.