Los impuestos en el mundo. Actualización al 03-Ago-2015

Canada US Senate Calls On Canada To Open Dairy Market Canada must agree to significantly reduce tariffs and expand market access for dairy products from the United States in any Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, according to US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch and its Ranking Member Ron Wyden. EU EU Welcomes Breakthrough On IT Trade Pact Expansion The EU Ambassador to the WTO, Angelos Pangratis, has lauded the agreement from 54 WTO members on an expansion to the World Trade Organization's Information Technology Agreement. UK HMRC To Crack Down On 'Underground Economy' The UK Government is to extend HM Revenue and Customs's data-gathering powers to obtain information from electronic payment providers and business intermediaries, in a crackdown on the "hidden economy." Ibec: Radical UK Tax Reform Demands Irish Response Business association Ibec has said that Ireland must embark on comprehensive tax reform or risk being outmanoeuvred by competitor economies such as the UK. UK Accountants Seek Stamp Duty Reforms 55 percent of accountants taking part in a recent survey said that the UK's Stamp Duty Land Tax regime remains unfair, despite reforms introduced in December 2014, according to research from Bloomsbury Professional, the tax and accounting information group. HMRC Seizes Assets From Over 1,000 SMEs HM Revenue and Customs seized business assets from 1,080 UK small firms to settle late tax bills in 2014, according to research by Funding Options. IoD: UK Govt Should Better Promote Investment Tax Reliefs The Institute of Directors has called on the UK Government to promote the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme andndash; arrangements that offer tax relief to investors in companies. PAC Investigates UK Tax Credit Fraud And Error The Public Accounts Committee has launched an inquiry into fraud and error in the UK's tax credits and benefits systems. US Clinton Proposes Complex US CGT Hike Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has provided details of the changes she would propose to capital gains tax in the United States, if she were to be elected next year. Brookings Examines Obamacare's 'Cadillac' Tax Following attacks in the US Congress on the excise tax that is to be imposed on so-called "Cadillac" high-cost health insurance plans by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), David Wessel at the Brookings Institution has looked at its rationale. Luxembourg Further Extends FATCA Reporting Deadline The Luxembourg Inland Revenue has informed financial institutions in Luxembourg that their filing deadline in respect of the 2014 reporting year under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act has been deferred again to August 31, 2015. Debate Begins On US 'Innovation Box' Proposal A discussion draft has been released on legislation to create an "innovation box" regime in the United States, to encourage domestic investment in research and development. US Congress Passes Three-Month Highway Funding Bill Unable to agree on longer-term tax revenue steams to finance the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the US House of Representatives and the Senate have passed a short-term bill to extend the federal highway funding program for only three months, until October 29, 2015. Otros temas Canadian Revenues Continue To Improve Canadian tax revenues rose by 12.8 percent in the first two months of the 2015-16 fiscal year, helping the Government to deliver a budgetary surplus of CAD3.9bn (USD3bn). Otros temas Kenya Confirms Capital Gains Tax Arrangements Kenya has clarified forthcoming changes that will replace the nation's capital gains tax with a new withholding tax for securities trading activities.