United States Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, has proposed a new tax, as well as a series of enforcement measures, targeting America's wealthiest individuals.

On September 24, 2019, the Polish Government adopted the draft Budget for 2020, which takes into account recent reductions in personal income tax.

On September 23, 2019, the French Government outlined a number of measures that will be included in the 2020 Finance Law to ensure the payment of value-added tax on items bought by French residents from online marketplaces.

The international community has made important progress in improving developing countries' ability to tax multinational enterprises and boost domestic revenue mobilization, says the annual report for the initiative Tax Inspectors Without Borders.

On the same day the Court ruled against Fiat's appeal, the EU General Court has decided that Starbucks was not in fact granted a selective tax advantage in a Dutch tax ruling, contrary to a European Commission conclusion.

The EU General Court has dismissed an appeal brought against the European Commission's decision that a tax ruling granted by Luxembourg to Fiat Chrysler Finance Europe was unlawful.

On September 19, 2019, the lower house of the Austrian parliament approved the first part of a package of tax reforms that will introduce a digital tax as well as bring about changes to certain value-added tax rules.

India's GST Council agreed a number of changes to the country's goods and services tax regime, at its meeting on September 20, 2019.

On September 20, 2019, the Polish Ministry of Finance reminded taxpayers that the compulsory value-added tax split payment mechanism for certain supplies will commence on November 1, 2019.

The eighth edition of the OECD's Tax Administration Series published September 23 shows how tax administrations are increasingly moving to e-administration and using a range of technology tools, data sources, and analytics to increase tax compliance.

On September 20, 2019, the Swedish Ministry of Finance commenced a consultation on proposals to tackle hybrid mismatch arrangements.

The Indian Government on September 20, 2019, announced that it will reduce the rate of corporate tax to 22 percent, from 30 percent. New domestic manufacturing ventures will benefit from a 15 percent rate.

The Canadian Liberal Party has announced plans to reduce the income tax burden by raising the Basic Personal Amount.

On September 17, 2019, the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency announced that the electronic value-added tax refund system for traders established in other European Union member states has been restored following a recent data breach.

Many US states will begin to impose sales and use tax obligations on remote sellers and marketplace facilitators from October 1, 2019, largely in response to the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision in the Wayfair case.