Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 14-Abr-2014

China China Clarifies Tax Breaks For Small Business On April 8, China's Ministry of Finance released additional details of the tax cuts for micro- and small-sized enterprises, which were initially agreed by the State Council on April 2 within a package of measures to underpin the country's economic growth rate. China 'Open-Minded' On TPP Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has now said that his Government is "open-minded" with regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations presently being led by the United States, despite previous indications that it could be viewed as going against China's interests in the Asia-Pacific region. EU US Welcomes Delay To EU Aviation ETS Roll Out John Thune, Ranking Member of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, has commended the European Parliament on its decision to extend further, until 2017, the moratorium on aviation emission taxes on international flights into and out of the European Union. EU Parliament Supports Tariff Cuts For Ukraine The European Parliament has backed plans to cut customs duties for Ukrainian exporters. EU Plan To Loosen Big Four's Audit Market Grip The European Parliament has reached a deal with the European Council of Ministers on legislation to open up the European Union audit services market, with the overall aim of improving audit quality and transparency, and to prevent conflicts of interest. EU Tackles Single Market Tax Obstacles Two public consultations, an expert group, and new web pages have been launched as part of a follow up to earlier reviews by the European Commission into discriminatory tax rules affecting individuals in European Union member states. Germany, EU Agree Energy Tax Break Revision The European Commission has agreed to allow the German Government permission to continue to provide preferential tax treatment under its renewable energy tax regime to 65 industrial sectors. UK UK Committee Questions HMRC On IR35 Policy HM Revenue and Customs has been asked to review the compliance cost of enforcing legislation that tackles disguised employment tax avoidance through personal service companies, known as IR35, after a House of Lords Select Committee highlighted that the rules are complex and problematic. UK Court Rejects Ryanair Air Tax Claim The UK Court of Appeal has rejected a claim by Ryanair that the airline mistakenly overpaid GBP10m (USD16.7m) in Air Passenger Duty in the belief that it was ineligible for exempt treatment allowed for connecting flights. US US Tax Extenders Survive Senate Committee Vote On April 3, the United States Senate Finance Committee passed the bipartisan Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act to renew virtually all of the tax relief provisions, known as 'tax extenders,' but new revenue streams, to finance these, failed to be agreed. Tax Freedom Day Comes Later For US Taxpayers Analysis by the Tax Foundation has confirmed that, this year, Americans will have to work three days on average longer than in 2013 andndash; from January 1 to April 21 (111 days) andndash; before earning enough to pay off their United States tax obligations at the federal, state, and local levels. Japan, US Remain Deadlocked On TPP The United States Trade Representative, Michael Froman, and Japan's Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister, Akira Amari, held another two days of bilateral talks on April 9-10 to try to settle their countries' differences over the terms of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade treaty, but again little progress was made. Report Supports US Wind Energy Production Tax Credit The United States Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has warned of the impact that failing to renew the production tax credit could have on domestic wind energy producers. Otros temas Canadian Executives Call For Simpler Tax Obligations For every CAD1 paid in federal and provincial corporate income tax, large Canadian companies typically incur an additional CAD0.94 in other business taxes, according to figures from the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.