Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 08-Jun-2015

Canada Canada Posts Budget Surplus For Year-to-Date A 4.4 percent rise in tax revenues helped the Canadian Government post a budgetary surplus of CAD2.9bn (USD2.3bn) in the April 2014 to March 2015 period. Canada Signs Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement Canada's Revenue Minister, Kerry-Lynne D Findlay, has signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information. EU Gibraltar Meets With New EU Tax Ruling Commitee Gibraltar's Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, has met with the new TAXE committee of the European Parliament and defended the territory's tax ruling regime. EU MEPs Seek Ambitious And Balanced TTIP An EU-US trade deal should deepen EU access to the US market, but must not undermine EU standards or the right to regulate in the public interest, said Trade Committee MEPs in draft recommendations agreed on May 28. Ireland Explains Tax Ruling Practices At EU Hearing "Ireland does not have a statutory system of binding tax rulings and there is no provision in Irish law for the issuing of such rulings," Revenue Chair Niall Cody has said. EU Likely To Challenge Germany's Road Toll Plans Germany's new road toll, planned to be operational from 2016, is likely to be opposed by the European Commission, reports say. EU To Soon Complete Tax Ruling Probes The European Commission will soon conclude its investigations into tax rulings provided by member states to certain multinationals, Margethe Vestager has confirmed. Japan EU, Japan To Accelerate FTA Talks The European Union and Japan have agreed to accelerate negotiations toward a free trade agreement, with European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker saying he wants to see a deal concluded by early 2016. UK UK To Maintain Tax Competitiveness, Says Gauke David Gauke, Financial Secretary to the United Kingdom Treasury, has said that the newly elected Conservative Government will maintain a competitive corporate tax regime, although further reductions in the rate of UK corporate tax appear to be off the table. UK Green Tax Revenue Sets New Record Revenues from environmental taxes in the United Kingdom reached a record level in 2014, yet environmental tax revenues have remained broadly stable as a percentage of the economy for the last two decades, new data shows. UK Amnesty Deadline Approaching For Solicitors HM Revenue and Customs has reminded UK solicitors that they have until June 9 to benefit from a tax amnesty scheme and disclose and pay tax owed. UK Taxpayers Urged To Renew Tax Credits Online HM Revenue and Customs has urged UK taxpayers to renew their tax credits claim online as soon as possible, or risk having their payments stop. UK Tax Credit Error, Fraud 'At All Time Low' Error and fraud in the UK tax system is at its lowest level since tax credits were introduced in 2003, HM Revenue and Customs has said. US IRS Responding To Return Fraud Concerns The US Internal Revenue Service has made improvements to its systems to detect and prevent identity theft-related tax return fraud, but must do a lot more to eliminate the problem, the Treasury watchdog has said. IRS To Take Steps To Tighten Data Security The US Internal Revenue Service will shortly announce new actions that it intends to take over the next few weeks to protect taxpayers from identity fraud and tax refund theft.