Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 28-Jul-2014

Canada Canada, UK Revise Double Tax Agreement Canada and the UK on July 21, 2014, signed a protocol to their Double Tax Agreement that amends its withholding tax and information exchange provisions. NDP Calls For Review Of CRA's Charity Audits The New Democratic Party has called for an independent external investigation into allegations of intimidation and political interference in the targeted audits of charities undertaken by the Canada Revenue Agency. Canada Revenue Agency Under Fire For Charity Audits The New Democratic Party has called for an independent external investigation into allegations of intimidation and political interference in the targeted audits of charities undertaken by the Canada Revenue Agency. China Little Progress In South Korea, China FTA Tariff Talks Despite the effort made earlier this month by South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in agreeing that their two countries should conclude free trade agreement negotiations by the end of 2014, the latest 12th round of talks was said to have produced little, or no, progress on tariffs. EU Sweden Calls For EU Ruling On Bitcoin Taxation Sweden has asked the European Union to provide definitive rules on the Value Added Tax treatment of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, after concerns raised by the nation about the UK's revised position, issued in March. South African Mineral Export Taxes Possible Under EU EPA According to South Africa's Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, one of the major benefits that his country has taken out of the agreed Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union is that the new treaty allows some policy space for the introduction of mineral export taxes. Czech FM Chastises Parliament For Fuel Tax Cut Fiasco A bill to cut taxes on fuel was approved by the Czech lawmakers but later declared invalid amid warnings from the Prime Minister and Finance Minister that the bill would contravene EU law. ASEAN Holds Out Prospect Of Regional FTA With EU At their 20th meeting held in Brussels on July 23, foreign ministers from the two regional blocs noted the progress being made in negotiating bilateral free trade agreements between individual Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states and the European Union. Japan Mongolia, Japan Ink Free Trade Deal Following a meeting in Tokyo between the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mongolia's President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, it has been announced that their two countries have reached an agreement on the substance of a bilateral free trade agreement. UK UK Taxpayers Being Dragged Into Higher Tax Bands An estimated 4.6 million taxpayers are expected to pay tax under the UK's 40 percent higher rate of income tax in 2014-15, up from 3.6 million in 2011-12. US US Treasury Wants Immediate Anti-Inversion Legislation With reports of more American companies looking to use the opportunity to move their headquarters abroad when bidding for overseas companies, the United States Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has written to Congressional leaders urging immediate action to pass legislation to prevent such corporate inversions. US Senate Bill Lumps Online Sales Tax With Internet Moratorium With the United States House of Representatives having recently passed the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act that would permanently extend a moratorium on internet access taxation, but with the more controversial Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to impose sales taxes on online purchases, stuck in its Judiciary Committee, certain lawmakers have had the idea of linking the two into one bill in the Senate. US Tax Code Hearing Centers On Corporate Inversions While there was mention of such problems as base erosion and profit shifting, and of the merits of territorial against worldwide taxation, the overriding issue during the Senate Finance Committee's July 22 hearing on the United States international tax code, was, as expected, how and when to stop the rising trend of "corporate inversions." US Courts Uncertain Over Obamacare Tax Credits Two United States Courts of Appeals have produced conflicting rulings on the premium tax credit provision within the Affordable Care Act that could still have a serious effect on President Barack Obama's health care law. MEPs, Trade Commissioner Discuss Policy Members of the European Parliament have quizzed Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht on the state of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks with the US and the fate of a proposed trade deal with Canada. Bipartisan Support For 'Bring Jobs Home Act' In US Senate The United States Senate voted on July 23, by the wide bipartisan margin of 93-7, to push forward the Bring Jobs Home Act, which would provide a 20 percent tax credit against companies' expenses incurred when bringing jobs back to the country, while denying the deduction for expenses if jobs are outsourced abroad.