Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 02-Sep-2013

Canada Canada Promotes Back-To-School Tax Reliefs With children gearing up for the return to school, the Canadian Government has urged families to take advantage of the range of tax reliefs available. Canada Makes Improvements To Foreign Trade Zones The Canadian Government is to improve the marketing of its Foreign Trade Zone programs, which offer duty and tax exemptions, in an effort to help businesses reduce trading costs. China China Signs OECD Convention On Tax Information Exchange China became the 56th signatory of the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters during a ceremony at the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris on August 27. HKEx Welcomes First ETF On CESC Index Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited welcomed the listing, on August 27, of the ChinaAMC CES China A80 Index Exchange Traded Fund, the first on an index from China Exchanges Services Company Limited. EU Stop Tax Hikes, Rehn Warns France Further tax hikes would damage prospects for economic growth and put jobs at risk, EU Commissioner Olli Rehn has warned. UK HMRC Amends Rebated Fuel Use Rules Following representations from the UK farming industry, HM Revenue and Customs has agreed to extend the scope of new legislation that will allow farmers to use rebated red diesel fuel in vehicles used to grit roads during extreme weather. UK Buyers Count Cost Of Stamp Duty Four out of every five UK homes purchased in 2012-13 will be subject to stamp duty within the next five years, the TaxPayers' Alliance has said. UK Axes Council Tax Surcharges The UK Government has said that it will remove an "unfair" Council Tax surcharge on family annexes. IFA: BEPS And The Future Day Three of the Copenhagen IFA Congress kicked off with the greatly-anticipated "Base Erosion and Profit Shifting" seminar, chaired by the University of Sydney’s Professor Richard Vann, who was joined by panel members William Morris (chair of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD), Paul Oosterhuis (senior international tax partner in the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom), Pascal Saint-Amans (Director of the OECD’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration) , and Mike Williams (Director of Business and International Tax with the UK Treasury). IFA: Don't Mention The B-Word! Well, yesterday a sing-song was threatened, but today we actually got one, courtesy of the "Recent Developments in International Taxation" session, chaired for the third (and sadly last) year by Philip Baker, celebrated QC and tax expert, and also member of IFA’s UK Committee. US Switzerland Hopeful Of Settling US Tax Dispute The Swiss Federal Council has agreed to plans for resolving the Confederation's tax dispute with the US. Canada's NDP Calls For More Transparency In TPP Talks Canadian Members of Parliament should be given the same information as US Members of Congress on the ongoing Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, the New Democratic Party has said. Otros temas 'Mistake' Could Double Canadian Credit Unions' Tax Rate A so-called "technical issue" thrown up by the 2013 Canadian Budget has threatened to more than double the corporate tax rate paid by credit unions.