Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 15-Jul-2013

China Switzerland, China Ink FTA Swiss Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann and Chinese Commerce Minister GAO Hucheng have recently signed the bilateral free trade agreement between Switzerland and China in Beijing. EU Financial Markets Association Slams EU FTT Plans The Global Financial Markets Association has urged the eleven European countries preparing to implement a financial transactions tax to reconsider its planned scope before proceeding. EU Reminds Italy Of Its Tax Undertakings An Italian government coalition meeting to discuss the local property tax on first residences and valued added tax has been postponed after the coalition was reminded of its financial commitments, by Olli Rehn, Vice-President and member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs, of its financial commitments. EU Challenges Russian 'Recycling Fee' The European Union has called the World Trade Organization in to arbitrate its ongoing dispute with Russia over a so-called "recycling fee." Japan Japan Tax-Free Shopping Roll-Out Gathers Pace Global Blue and NTT Data have announced a joint venture to boost the number of retailers offering consumption tax refunds to foreign travelers, in support of Government efforts to enhance its tax-free shopping incentive. UK The Tax Case Against Scottish Independence As Scotland prepares for next year's referendum on independence, a new UK Government report on Scotland's business and microeconomic framework has outlined what it sees as the potential tax consequences should Scotland choose to leave the UK. UK Issues Banking Standards Report Response A review of tax incentives for peer-to-peer lenders, a new social investment tax relief, and a new Allowance for Corporate Equity are among the measures discussed by the UK Government in its response to last month's report by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards. Tax Powers For Wales To Be Decided 'Soon' Welsh Secretary David Jones has again confirmed that the UK Government hopes to publish its response to the Silk Report on devolved tax and borrowing powers for Wales "very soon." US Barroso Talks US Trade Deal Jose Manuel Barroso has said that both the European Union and the US "have a strong interest in successfully concluding" the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, but warned that clarification is needed on issues that are causing "very serious concern at European level." US Suspends Business Obamacare Reporting To IRS The United States Administration has announced that it will provide an additional year before the Affordable Care Act mandatory employer reporting requirements begin and, since employer responsibility payments can only be assessed based on this new reporting, those payments will also not be collected for 2014. Switzerland Unveils Alternative To 'Lex USA' The Swiss Federal Council has set out the parameters for cooperation between Swiss banks and the US authorities, to resolve the tax dispute between the two countries within the scope of existing law, and particularly within the scope of current data protection and employment law provisions. US Effective Corporate Tax Rates Seen Much Lower The Government Accountability Office has analyzed financial data reported by large United States multinational corporations to the Internal Revenue Service, and concluded that they paid an average effective rate of only about 13 percent of the pretax worldwide income that they reported in 2010. EU, US Trade Talks Get Under Way Around 150 negotiators in 24 working groups are currently taking part in the first round of talks toward a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement between the US and the European Union. US Chamber Of Commerce Comments On Irish Tax System Businesses understand that Ireland "operates a transparent and robust tax regime and companies operate in accordance with the tax codes of the jurisdictions in which they are based," the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland has claimed. US Bill Boosts Antigua And Barbuda's WTO Case The increased push by American legislators to legalize online gambling within the United States borders bodes well for Antigua and Barbuda, in the ongoing World Trade Organization cross-border trade dispute. Antigua's WTO Case Won't Prompt US Reprisal The people of Antigua and Barbuda need not fear retaliation from the United States, as negotiations in the decade-long World Trade Organization trade dispute ramp up. US Study Evaluates Cuts In Tax Expenditures A paper issued by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center has evaluated approaches to tax reform that would achieve across-the-board reductions to a group of major exclusions and deductions in the United States individual income tax code.