Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 12-Mar-2012

Canada Canada Gets Budget Date Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will table Canada's 2012 Budget on March 29, committing the government to its 'low tax plan for jobs and growth'. Canada Committed To EU Trade Deal Concluding a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the European Union is Canada's most important trade negotiating policy, the ministers in charge have said. China China Adds Tax Incentives For 'Green' Vehicles, Ships China’s State Administration of Taxation and the Ministry of Finance have jointly disclosed that tax rates will be cut to encourage further energy conservation and environmental protection through the increased use of vehicles and ships with low emissions or those utilizing green energy resources. Japan Japan, Peru EPA In Force Japan and Peru have ratified the Economic Partnership Agreement signed between the two nations in January 2012, so that the agreement, akin to a Free Trade Agreement, entered into force on March 1, 2012. UK Euro 25 Sign Up To Fiscal Compact On the margins of the recent European Council meeting in Brussels on March 1 and 2, twenty-five European leaders, with the exception of the UK and the Czech Republic, signed the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance aimed at strengthening fiscal discipline and introducing stricter surveillance within the euro area, in particular by establishing a 'balanced budget rule'. 'Cut 50% Tax Rate', SMEs Tell UK Chancellor The sooner the UK's top rate of income tax is scrapped, the better, a group of small and medium-sized enterprise leaders have told the Chancellor of the Exchequer. UK Panel Recommends Small Business Tax Reforms Practical changes to the UK's tax system will help ease the burdens imposed on small businesses, the Office of Tax Simplification has said. UK Financial Reporting Body To Revise Auditing Rules The Auditing Practices Board of the UK Financial Reporting Council has proposed revisions to the International Standards on Auditing, which were issued as part of the 'Clarity Project', to ensure that they can be introduced throughout both UK and Ireland for entities undertaking auditing activities. Britons Will Overpay GBP12.6bn In Tax This Year UK taxpayers will overpay an average of GBP421 in tax this year, with 85% failing to act on reducing their tax bill, according to new figures. UK Fiscal Watchdog Praises HMRC Compliance Efforts HM Revenue and Customs secured an additional GBP4.32bn (USD6.77bn) tax yield over the past five years thanks to a major tax evasion initiative, according to figures from the National Audit Office, which also found that HMRC had successfully reduced staff numbers and introduced a range of improvements in its compliance work. US US Launches Interagency Trade Enforcement Centre United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Commerce Secretary John Bryson have welcomed President Barack Obama’s signature of an Executive Order officially launching the Interagency Trade Enforcement Centre. US Congress Legitimizes Countervailing Duties On a bipartisan basis, both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives have passed a bill to confirm that the Commerce Department can continue to apply countervailing duties to non-market economies, such as China. China's Commerce Minister Attacks US Trade Policies During a news conference on the sidelines of the 11th National People’s Congress, while disclosing that China’s foreign trade will show a more modest increase in 2012, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming questioned the current United States trade policies being aimed at China. Swiss Lawmakers Give Go-Ahead To Amended US DTA Marking a significant step forward in the longstanding tax dispute between the two countries, the Swiss National Council, or lower house, has recently given the green light to an amendment to the bilateral double taxation agreement with the US, permitting grouped requests. Big Business Presses For US Tax Cut The Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading United States companies with over USD6 trillion in annual revenues and more than 14m employees, who met recently with President Obama to discuss jobs and growth, have produced their plan for corporate tax reform. Otros temas Germany 'Modifies' EU-Contested Swiss Tax Deal Germany and the European Commission have reportedly resolved their differences over the bilateral German-Swiss withholding tax deal aimed at preventing tax evasion.