Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 01-Sep-2014

Canada Canada's Tax Agency Launches Mobile App For SMEs The Canada Revenue Agency has launched a mobile app for small- and medium-sized businesses that will allow users to create reminders for key tax dates. Japan ASEAN Developing Its FTAs With China, S Korea, Japan On August 26, the Economic Ministers from the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations Member States met with their counterparts from China, South Korea and Japan to discuss and review the ongoing negotiations to upgrade their respective ASEAN+1 trade treaties. UK Clampdown On Tax Planning 'Leads To Fall In UK Accountancy Firms' HM Revenue and Customs' increasingly tough stance on tax planning is taking its toll on the UK accountancy industry, according to finance provider LDF. Fewer UK Accountancy Firms After HMRC Efforts: LDF HM Revenue and Customs' increasingly tough stance on tax planning is taking its toll on the UK accountancy industry, according to finance provider LDF. UKIP Sets Out Tax Strategy The UK Independence Party has said that its 2015 election manifesto will include plans to cut the top rate of income tax and lift low earners out of income tax altogether. UK Mining Companies Get Transitional Relief Under New Reporting Requirements Mining, gas, and oil companies registered in the UK will now be required to report on the payments made to governments in all the countries they operate in as of January 1, 2015, Business Minister Jo Swinson announced on August 21, 2014. UK Lib Dems Plan Trio Of Wealth Taxes The UK Liberal Democrats' 2015 election manifesto will include a trio of new wealth taxes designed to help cut the deficit and ensure fairness in the tax system. US US Family Asset Tax Expenditures At USD550bn By 2018 A paper from the Tax Policy Center has pointed out how large an amount of tax subsidy resources the United States Government directs toward helping families build assets in the form of home ownership, retirement savings, higher education and small business development andndash; a total of USD370bn in 2014 and a projected USD554bn in 2018. US Family Asset Tax Breaks Put At USD550bn By 2018 A paper from the Tax Policy Center has pointed out how large an amount of tax subsidy resources the United States Government directs toward helping families build assets in the form of home ownership, retirement savings, higher education and small business development andndash; a total of USD370bn in 2014 and a projected USD554bn in 2018. US State Sales Tax Hikes Often Mean Little Extra Revenue The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has issued a paper that advises United States state governments that, because higher sales taxes ultimately increase the incentive for special interests to lobby for more tax exemptions, increasing the tax rate may not generate the additional tax revenues expected. CBO Reduces US Corporate Tax Revenue Forecast In its latest estimates, the Congressional Budget Office has maintained its forecast for a reduced United States federal budget deficit this year, but has had to increase it from the forecast made in April, mostly because of lower-than-anticipated receipts from corporate income taxes. Otros temas China's SAT Investigates Transfer Pricing In its ongoing efforts to control tax evasion, China's State Administration of Taxation has recently published an instruction (Tax Office General Fa [2014] No 146), calling on national and local tax bureaus to investigate the transfer pricing practices of Chinese enterprises.