Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 10-Jun-2013

China NZ, China Emphasize Importance Of FTA Ministers representing the New Zealand and Chinese governments have held talks focusing on how their Free Trade Agreement can be supported. EU EU Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties On Chinese Solar Products The European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has announced that substantial anti-dumping duties will be placed on Chinese exports of solar panels and solar cells into the European Union, despite warnings of the consequences of such action from both the European solar installation industry and the China's Ministry of Commerce. EU States Pilot Advance VAT Rulings The European Commission has confirmed that thirteen European Union member states have agreed to participate in a test case for private VAT ruling requests relating to cross-border situations. UK Chancellor Makes New Attack on EU FTT UK Chancellor George Osborne has launched a new attack on a proposed Financial Transactions Tax within part of the European Union, describing it as "poorly designed, badly-timed, and, we believe, unlawfully extraterritorial," and calling for it to be "significantly scaled back." Mixed Reception For EU Duties On Chinese Solar Imports The announcement that substantial anti-dumping duties will be placed on Chinese exports of solar panels and solar cells into the European Union, has raised expressions of concern, not only from within China, but also, particularly from the European solar installation industry. EU Plans Stop To Illicit Tobacco Trade The European Union has said that it intends to better enforce its tax rules as part of a crack-down on the illicit tobacco trade. UK UK Charity Commission Under Fire The UK's Charity Commission has been criticized by the influential Public Accounts Committee for its failure to put a stop to the abuse of charitable status by a trust "set up as a tax avoidance scheme by people known to be in the business of tax avoidance." UK Consults On Banks Tax Code HM Revenue and Customs has issued a consultation document on strengthening the Code of Practice for Taxation of Banks, focusing on the process around determining non-compliance, the processes and criteria around deciding to name a bank as non-compliant, and the nature of an annual report to be published by HMRC. US US Social Security Trustees Confirm Funding Crisis Introducing the 2013 Social Security Report on the viability of the United States' retirement and disability programs, their Trustees confirmed that the funds are projected to be exhausted in 2033, at which point annual revenues from the dedicated payroll tax will be sufficient to fund only three-quarters of scheduled benefits for the period until 2087. Germany, US Sign IGA On Tax Evasion Germany and the US have recently signed an intergovernmental agreement aimed at improving tax information sharing. New US Business Coalition Calls For Tax Reform On June 4, a group of 42 leading American companies announced the creation of a new coalition to advocate revenue-neutral, comprehensive United States tax reform, which would include lowering the corporate tax rate and ending tax breaks and preferences. Study Analyzes Effect Of US Tax Reforms On Housing Prices A new study by Benjamin Harris, senior research associate at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, has analyzed the effect of possible reforms to United States property tax preferences, and found that any reform that has a likelihood of being considered in Congress will have only a modest impact on housing prices in selected cities. Otros temas Scots Ponder Amendments To Property Sales Tax Scotland's Finance Minister John Swinney has expressed opposition to proposed amendments to the planned Land and Buildings Transaction Tax which would link the rate at which the tax is set to energy efficiency. Otros temas Canadian Govt Consults On Taxation Of Trusts The Canadian Government intends to eliminate the tax benefits that arise from taxing trusts and certain estates at graduated rates. Otros temas Semeta Denies FTT 'Scale Back' Claims that the European Commission is considering a "scale back" of its financial transaction tax plans "do not reflect what is currently going on," Algirdas Šemeta has said.