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China China Supports New Firms With Extended Tax Breaks The Chinese Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation has announced the extension and upgrade of employment-boosting tax breaks that expired at the end of 2013. China Pushes For Asia-Pacific FTA During a special press conference in Beijing, Assistant Minister of Commerce Wang Shou Wen confirmed that China would urge Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade ministers to begin a study on the feasibility of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific, at their meeting later this month in Qingdao. EU Franco-German Businesses Warn Against EU FTT French and German business representatives, and financial markets organization, Paris Europlace, have newly reaffirmed their grave concerns about the European Union Financial Transactions Tax. German Banks Face Hefty EU Bank Tax Payments German banks will reportedly contribute about EUR1.9bn (USD2.6bn) annually to the EUR55bn Single Resolution Fund, which will be set up within the Single Resolution Mechanism to wind-down ailing banks in the Eurozone in the event of insolvency. ECJ Rejects UK Challenge To EU FTT The Mayor of London has expressed disappointment at the European Court of Justice's decision to reject the UK's legal challenge against a proposed European Union financial transaction tax. UK UK Tribunal Rules Against Group Company Loans Scheme HM Revenue and Customs (HRMRC) has said that it is set to receive an extra GBP36m (USD64.5m) after the Upper Tax Tribunal upheld an earlier ruling that internal loans made within a group of companies did not constitute a "loan relationship." UK Income Tax Paid By Non-Doms Hits Record High Newly released figures show that the amount of UK income tax paid by "non-doms" has risen by 8 percent, to hit a record high of GBP6.8bn. Guernsey Wary Of Publicizing Ownership Information Guernsey's Chief Minister and the head of Guernsey Finance have responded to UK Prime Minister David Cameron's recent letter calling for the creation of a public registry of beneficial ownership of Guernsey companies. US Hong Kong Gazettes Its First TIEA, With The US On April 25, an order was gazetted in Hong Kong to implement the tax information exchange agreement with the United States that was signed on March 25 this year, as part of preparations for the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in Hong Kong. Australia, US Sign FATCA Agreement On April 28, in Canberra, the United States and Australia signed an intergovernmental agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. Camp Selects US Tax Extenders To Make Permanent United States House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp has held a hearing on marking up bills to extend permanently six of the "tax extenders" that expired at the end of last year. US House Holds Hearing On Mobile Workers' Taxation The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Anti-Trust Law has held a hearing on the "Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act," which would simplify tax reporting requirements for those workers who are employed in multiple state jurisdictions. US May Close Door On Russian FATCA IGA Talks On April 29, the Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Carl Levin, and its Ranking Member, John McCain, wrote to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew urging the United States Administration to refrain from restarting negotiations with Russia on compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. US CEOs United On Need For Tax Reform Eight in ten (81 percent) US Chief Executive Officers agree that the international tax system is in need of reform, and two-thirds (67 percent) say that creating a more internationally competitive and efficient tax system in the US must be a top government priority, according to PwC's 17th Annual Global CEO Survey. Israel, US Reach FATCA Agreement The Israeli Finance Ministry has announced that the United States and Israel have concluded the text of an intergovernmental agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. Otros temas Austria To Review Bank Tax Burden Austrian Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner has conceded that it will be difficult to impose a national and European tax on the territory's banks in the long term. Otros temas Jamaica Cancels Bank Tax Plans Jamaica has withdrawn proposals to introduce a levy on deposit-taking institutions and encashments from securities dealers, and will instead balance its budget by tackling avoidance.