Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 13-May-2013

Canada Canada Announces New Anti-Avoidance Funding The Canada Revenue Agency is to benefit from an additional CAD30m in Government funding over the next five years. EU London Chamber of Commerce Warns on Transaction Tax The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry has described plans for a Financial Transaction Tax within parts the EU as potentially "particularly damaging" for London's financial services industry and for businesses that support the financial sector. EU Warned Over Punitive Duties On Chinese Solar Imports While the European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht is readying substantial anti-dumping duties and, subsequently, countervailing duties against Chinese exporters of solar panels and solar cells into the European Union, warnings of the consequences of such actions have been received both from the European solar energy industry and the China's Ministry of Commerce. UK Google Faces Renewed UK Tax Scrutiny Google faces fresh scrutiny of its tax affairs by a UK Parliamentary committee, after Reuters analyzed job adverts and staff social media profiles which the news agency claims give the impression that members of Google's sales team are based in the UK rather than in Ireland. Gibraltar Commits To Tax Evasion Fight The Government of Gibraltar has committed to support the UK and the wider international community in enhancing tax transparency and effectively tackling tax evasion. Accountants Call For Greater UK Tax Transparency There is a growing divide between companies' legal reporting obligations and public expectation, Ernst and Young's UK head of tax has warned. US US Accountants Make Anti-Tax Fraud Suggestions On May 1, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provided testimony at the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board Forum on its suggestions about how to curb United States tax identity theft and fraud. Problems Seen For Stand-Alone US Corporate Tax Reform While there appears to be a growing political consensus that revenue-neutral corporate tax reform that would lower the current 35% United States tax rate by drastically reducing corporate tax breaks could be possible, the Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution has noted that such reform on its own faces a big practical challenge from non-corporate businesses. Austria Eyes US FATCA Deal Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann has announced plans to enter into talks with the US and with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, aimed at combating tax fraud and tax evasion. Argentina Offers Tax-Free Bonds For Dollar Declarations In a bid to encourage Argentinians to declare wealth illegitimately cached in US dollars to shield it from soaring inflation, the Argentinian Government has announced an amnesty where dollar deposits can be declared and exchanged for tax-exempt certificates of deposits and bonds. Lawmakers Launch US Tax Reform Website House of Representatives Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus have teamed up to launch TaxReform.gov, a new website dedicated to obtaining input from the American public on United States tax reform. Otros temas Switzerland Set To Renegotiate German Tax Deal Marking a swift and somewhat surprising about-turn, Switzerland has announced its willingness to hold talks with Germany on a new withholding tax agreement between the two countries. Otros temas Schäuble Eyes End To Capital Gains Flat Tax German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has indicated that he will consider the idea of abolishing the withholding tax levied on capital gains – when the time is right. Otros temas Committee Reports On Canadian Anti-Avoidance Initiatives A committee of Canadian lawmakers has released a study of tax evasion and the use of so-called tax havens that it says can form a basis for new measures to tackle such activities. Otros temas South African Services Withholding Tax Could Deter Investors PwC Tax Services has warned that the introduction of a withholding tax on cross-border services payments, as proposed by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in the Budget announced in February this year, "may erode South Africa as an attractive destination to foreign investors." Otros temas HMRC Issues Transfer Pricing Briefing According to a new briefing from HM Revenue and Customs, the organization has secured GBP4.1bn of additional tax revenue by challenging the transfer pricing arrangements of multinationals since the creation of a dedicated Transfer Pricing Group in 2008.