Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 22-Sep-2014

Canada Academics Enter Row Over CRA's Charity Audit Program More than 400 academics have accused the Canada Revenue Agency of auditing a think tank to "intimidate and silence" its criticism of government policies. Canada To Prioritize Income Tax Cuts Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, has announced that tax cuts may be possible for families once the Government has balanced the budget. China China, Taiwan Restart Trade Treaty Talks Taiwan and China have restarted talks on adding goods tariff reductions to their economic cooperation framework agreement, despite the long-running dispute over the cross-strait agreement for trade in services that was signed in June last year. EU Ireland To Begin MOSS Registration Of Digital Firms Ireland's tax authority, the Revenue Commissioners, has announced that it will begin to process applications for registration under its mini One Stop Shop andndash; a special scheme to simplify compliance by digital firms with an upcoming change to EU value-added tax rules concerning telecommunications, broadcasting, and electronic services from January 1, 2015. EU Member States To Shift Focus To Labor Tax Reforms European Union policymakers have called for a renewed focus on cutting the tax burden on labor to support economic recovery. Japan Japan Yet To Decide On 2015 Sales Tax Hike A decision has yet to be made on whether to postpone next year's two percent hike to the nation's consumption tax rate, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said. UK UK Lawmakers Call For Improved Green Tax Breaks Stamp duty discounts and variable council tax rates could be offered to homeowners looking to make energy efficient improvements, under recommendations made by a committee of UK lawmakers. US US Death Tax Is 'Poor Source For Federal Revenue' The Tax Foundation has confirmed that the United States estate tax, better known as the "death tax," is one of the least effective means of raising revenue in the federal tax code. No US Bipartisan Anti-Inversion Legislation In Sight While Senate Democrats continue to examine specific legislative proposals to deter US multinationals from using corporate inversions to move their tax residence abroad, Republicans remain insistent that any specific anti-inversion legislation should be explicitly linked to comprehensive tax reform. US House Majority Supports Cash Accounting Retention In like manner to a letter signed by 46 bipartisan United States senators last month, a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives andndash; 233 members andndash; have signed a letter urging the House leadership to preserve the cash method of accounting for tax purposes, rather than a forced change to the accrual method for some businesses. US Tax Competitiveness 32nd Out of 34 OECD Countries The Tax Foundation has issued its International Tax Competitiveness Index, which has found that the United States has the 32nd most competitive tax system out of the 34 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries. US Tax Competitiveness 32nd Of 34 OECD Countries The Tax Foundation has issued its International Tax Competitiveness Index, which has found that the United States has the 32nd most competitive tax system out of the 34 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member countries. Wyden Pushes For US Tax Extenders' Renewal On September 15, United States Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden called for congressional action to renew the package of more than 50 "tax extenders" that expired at the end of last year. Lew Says Treasury Anti-Inversion Action 'Imminent' With no bipartisan legislation from Congress in sight, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has promised that the Federal Government will take administrative action "very, very soon" to deter United States multinationals from using corporate inversions to move their tax residence abroad. Short-term Extension For US Internet Tax Moratorium The United States House of Representatives and the Senate have agreed a short-term extension to the Internet Tax Freedom Act until December 11, 2014. US Senate Considers 'Outdated' Energy Tax Code At a hearing on September 17, United States Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden suggested that, in any tax reform, technology-neutral energy tax policies should take the costs and benefits of different energy sources into account, but much of the discussion pitted the incentives given to fossil fuels against those for renewable energy.