Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 18-Nov-2013

Canada Canada Promotes Red Tape Reduction Program Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay has been highlighting the reforms made as part of the Canadian Revenue Agency's Red Tape Reduction Action Plan. EU EU Hopes To Ensure 'Proper Functioning' Of ETS The European Union's Lithuanian Presidency is to enter into formal talks with the European Parliament and Commission on plans for amending climate change regulations. EU Pushing For Progress On African Trade Talks The European Union's Trade Commissioner has said that the bloc has "the opportunity to seal agreements that will ensure the necessary access to a market of 500m consumers for key African exports, while bringing our trade and development partnership to a more advanced stage." UK UK Claims 1,100 Start-Ups Helped By Investment Tax Relief The UK Government says that a tax relief introduced last year for investors in small companies has so far helped more than 1,100 companies raise over GBP82m of funding, with the average amount raised by a company being GBP72,000. Supreme Court Rules HMRC Can Withhold Tax Relief During Enquiries In a much-anticipated ruling, the UK Supreme Court has confirmed that HM Revenue and Customs has the right to withhold tax relief and demand payment of a tax debt while investigating what the tax body believes to be a tax avoidance scheme. US US Bill Introduced To Simplify Mobile Workers' Taxation United States businesses have welcomed the introduction into the Senate of a bill, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act, which would simplify tax reporting requirements for those workers who are employed in multiple state jurisdictions. US Report Examines Distribution of Tax and Spending Policies A Tax Foundation paper on the distribution of government tax and spending policies in the United States has noted that they combine to redistribute more than USD2 trillion from the top 40 percent of families to the bottom 60 percent by income. EU, US Meeting For Second TTIP Round The European Commission is hopeful that the launch of a second round of talks with the US will help foster progress toward a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal. US Partnerships To Be Subjected To Increased Tax Audits It has been disclosed by Faris Fink, head of the United States Internal Revenue Service's Small Business/Self-Employed Division, that the agency is to switch its priority away from corporations to concentrate more on "pass-through" businesses, such as partnerships. Singapore Nears FATCA Agreement With US Following his meeting in Singapore with United States Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister For Finance, stated that bilateral discussions to conclude a Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act inter-governmental agreement are progressing smoothly. Otros temas Belgium's Di Rupo Confirms Withholding Tax Rate Changes In a parliamentary response, Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo confirmed the decision by both Government and parliament to reduce the rate of withholding tax levied on small- and medium-sized enterprise dividends from 25 percent to 15 percent, to encourage entrepreneurs to strengthen the capital of their companies.