Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 17-Nov-2014

Canada Costa Rica Seeks Upgraded FTA With Canada Costa Rica's President, Luis Guillermo Solís, has said that his country's free trade agreement with Canada needs to be updated. No Tax Hikes Needed To Balance Canadian Budget Canada will balance its budget in 2015 without raising taxes or cutting funding for vital social programs, the Finance Ministry has said. China Abbott Hopes To Sign Chinese Trade Deal Next Week Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on November 10, 2014, that he hopes that a long-delayed free trade agreement with China will be signed when President Xi Jinping visits Canberra next week. Shanghai-HK Stock Connect To Launch On November 17 Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission have jointly approved the trading launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect pilot scheme from November 17, 2014, following the finalization of all necessary regulatory approvals and operational arrangements. UK CIOT Warns Against 'Overzealous' Tax Devolution The Chartered Institute of Taxation has recommended that the UK take a "hybrid" approach to Scottish devolution that allows for the full devolution of certain taxes and the possible assignment of a share of revenue from taxes collected in Scotland. Research Looks At Impact Of Proposed UK Mansion Tax A mansion tax would trigger price falls of five percent across "prime London," according to new research from estate agency Savills. CBI Calls For Cut In UK Employee NICs The Confederation of British Industry has called on the UK Government to bring the threshold for employee National Insurance contributions into line with the 2015-16 personal tax allowance. UK Launches Consultation On Virtual Currency Opportunities The UK Government has recently launched a 'Call for Information' on the benefits and risks of digital currencies. The move, which is intended to support the growth of the UK as a global financial center, builds on its earlier announcement of conducive tax rules for trading and 'mining' activities. UK Agrees With Germany To Limit Patent Box Regime The United Kingdom has agreed to limit the scope of its patent box regime, which provides for a concessionary tax rate of tax on income from intellectual property, in an agreement brokered by Germany. UK Business Calls For Tax Breaks For Small-Scale Exporters The Forum of Private Business has called on UK Chancellor George Osborne to encourage more small firms to export their wares by introducing targeted tax relief. UK Opposition Leader Hints At Return Of 50 Percent Tax Rate Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that he cannot "in all conscience" say that his party would not restore the 50 percent income tax rate, should his Party form the next Government. Wales May Receive Tax Powers From The UK The UK Government will bring forward amendments to the Wales Bill to give the Welsh Assembly the power to decide whether 16- and 17-year-olds should have the right to vote in an income tax referendum. US US Study Sees Need For State Gas Tax Reform With the United States federal Government and most states still imposing per-unit gas taxes, a new policy brief from the Tax Policy Center notes how states "are (and are not) addressing an eroding tax base." Sears, Pinnacle Entertainment Look At US REITs Sears Holdings and Pinnacle Entertainment have become the latest US companies to announce that they are considering establishing real estate investment trusts, to unlock tax advantages that have been considered by some companies as an alternative to a corporate inversion. Pension Tax Relief Sought For All Americans Abroad With American taxpayers newly able to easily secure more favorable US tax treatment for Canadian retirement plans, American Citizens Abroad had requested that such treatment should be extended worldwide to all foreign pensions and retirement savings. Passage Of US Internet Sales Tax Looks Unlikely House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has ruled out the passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to impose sales taxes on internet purchases supplied by online retailers outside their borders, during the current "lame duck" session in the United States Congress. India, US Reach Deal To End WTO TFA Impasse The US and India reached an agreement on November 13 to break the impasse in the work of the World Trade Organization to implement the agreements reached last December at the WTO Ministerial in Bali, the Office of the United States Trade Representative said. Otros temas Few Canadian Families To Benefit From Tax Cut Plans Fewer than 13 percent of Canadian households would receive any benefit from the Government's introduction of income splitting, according to a new study from the Caledon Institute of Social Policy.