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Canada Canada Offers Lowest Tax Costs For Businesses The combination of a low effective corporate tax rate, harmonized sales taxes, and moderate statutory labor costs has secured Canada the standing of the most tax-competitive country for businesses in the eyes of KPMG. EU EU Report Supports Call For Indirect Tax Shift European Tax Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta (pictured) has said that the latest Tax Trends report confirms concerns about high levels of labor taxation, and shows that environmental levies remain under-used in many member states. Nations could improve the efficacy of their regimes by hiking consumption tax burdens, it concludes. EU Sets New Limits On Portuguese Tax Breaks The European Commission has approved, under European Union state aid rules, Portugal's map for granting state aid between 2014 and 2020. UK UK Regime More Complex Despite Simplification Drive: ACCA The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has claimed that the Coalition Government's "tinkering" with the tax system and its failure to properly support the Office of Tax Simplification have made the UK tax system more complicated for individuals and businesses. UK Deploying Swiss Disclosure Facility Data HM Revenue and Customs is in receipt of Swiss information on deposit movements and has written to the taxpayers concerned asking them to complete a disclosure certificate as an alternative to paying a one-off withholding tax. UK Games Industry Reborn With New Tax Break The UK's new Games Tax Relief will reduce the cost of development activity by up to 25 percent, and is expected to be worth GBP25m (USD43.4m) a year to the industry, the Independent Game Developers' Association has said. US House Backs Two Permanent US Tax Extenders On June 12, the Republican-led United States House of Representatives passed two bills to make permanent certain tax breaks for small businesses and S corporations, which were part of the pending "tax extenders" provisions that expired at the end of 2013. US Firms Call For Faster, Comprehensive Tax Reform A group of American business coalitions and associations has reiterated the importance of urgent and comprehensive tax reform in the United States, in a joint letter to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. OECD Chimes In On US Tax Reform On June 13, 2014, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, presented the latest economic survey of the United States, which identifies certain tax-based reforms needed to boost US economic growth. US Must Achieve Fiscal Policy Breakthrough: IMF IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (pictured), launching the fund's annual Article IV consultation with the United States, said the US tax system "is too complex, has too many write-offs and loopholes, and generates too little revenue." American Expats Get US Disclosure Program Changes Under pressure from American residents abroad that have not deliberately failed to abide by their tax obligations, the Internal Revenue Service has announced major changes to its offshore voluntary compliance program from July 1, 2014.