Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 25-Mar-2013

Canada Canada Hails TIEA With Panama As Key In Tax Evasion Fight The Canadian Government has said that its newly signed tax information exchange agreement with Panama supports its fight against international tax evasion. Canada To Join Plurilateral Trade Talks The Canadian Government has announced that it will participate in negotiations toward a new agreement on international trade in services. EU Cypriot Tax Regime Sabotaged In EU Bailout Much has changed since July 2012, when, in reaching out for a European Union-funded bailout, the Cypriot Government resolutely denied the possibility of a hike to its prized 10% corporate income tax rate. Cypriot authorities' obstinate refusal to accept an earlier bailout, when the stakes were lower, led to a rude awakening for Cypriot taxpayers Saturday morning (March 16) with news not only of a symbolic hike to the island's corporate tax to 12.5%, but of Cypriot authorities' plans to purloin their savings with a shock smash-and-grab tax on bank deposits. MEPs Recommend Restoring Myanmar's Free Access To EU Market Members of the European Parliament have recommended that Myanmar's duty and quota free access to the European Union market should be reinstated. Yachts Lured To Croatia By EU Accession VAT Perk Yacht owners who are yet to pay European Union value-added tax on the purchase of their yachts, and who wish to put their vessels into free circulation in the European Union, have been encouraged to temporarily register their vessels in Croatia to take advantage of a concessionary value-added tax rate being introduced ahead of the nation's entry into the European Union on July 1, 2013. Japan South Korea, China, Japan To Hold Tripartite FTA Talks Despite Japan’s recent decision to apply to join the Trans–Pacific Partnership talks being led by the United States, the spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce Shen Danyang confirmed that the first round of talks on the proposed trilateral free trade agreement between China, Japan and South Korea will be held in Seoul for three days from March 26. UK Cayman To Conclude Model 1 US, UK FATCA Pacts The Cayman Islands' Government has announced that it has elected to adopt a Model 1 intergovernmental agreement with the United States to facilitate compliance with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. Jersey Agrees UK FATCA Package The Jersey Government has joined the Isle of Man in announcing that it has agreed a package of tax measures with the United Kingdom to share tax information on an automatic basis. UK Chancellor Delivers Pro-Business Budget UK Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled his 2013 budget, introducing tax measures that he claims puts the UK on the path to having the "most competitive business tax system of any major economy in the world" while promising action against tax avoidance. UK Research Institute Slams Budget, Warns of Tax Rises In the wake of the UK budget announcement, an independent economic think-tank has warned that the country faces either an 18% cut in government spending by 2018, or new taxes to make up a shortfall of GBP9bn. US US Senate Starts Tax Reform Process Similar to the tax working groups set up recently by the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee has established a timetable of weekly hearings to discuss selected topics on comprehensive United States tax reform. Boehner Reiterates Stance Against Further US Tax Hikes In a television interview on March 17, the House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner reiterated that, in the quest to resolve the United States fiscal deficit, President Barack Obama cannot expect Republicans to agree to any further tax increases. IRS Provides Tips On US Individual Tax Credits The United States Internal Revenue Service has issued its advice on the considerations that individual taxpayers should have when applying for five tax credits, before filing their 2012 federal income tax returns. Study Looks At US Mortgage Interest Tax Reform The Urban Institute and Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center has issued a briefing paper in which it considers two proposals for restructuring the United States tax code’s mortgage interest deduction. US Congress Studies Tax Reform For State, Local Governments The House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, led by its Chairman Dave Camp, has held a hearing on the federal tax provisions that affect state and local governments, and how those provisions should be viewed in the context of future United States tax reform. Congress Studies US Financial Products Tax Reform Led by its Chairman Pat Tiberi, the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures has held a hearing on the draft proposals released by the United States House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee's Chairman Dave Camp on financial products tax reform. Otros temas Canadian Small Businesses Call For Budget Tax Cuts The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has called for a reduction in the small business tax rate, an initiative it says is regarded by more than 80% of small business owners as likely to be very effective in aiding business performance. Otros temas Spain's Montoro Assuages Fears Over New Bank Tax Spain’s Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro has recently stressed that the Government’s new state tax on bank deposits, in application since January 2013, will only apply to financial entities and not to savers. Otros temas Flaherty Cracks Down On Tax Evasion In New Budget Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's 2013 Budget reaffirms his commitment to not raise taxes, but does introduce new measures to close tax loopholes and ensure that "everyone pays their fair share."