Panama's Cabinet Council has approved a proposed legislative amendment to enable the country to more effectively penalize repeat tax evaders.

The OECD has revealed that the British Virgin Islands and Seychelles have newly signed up to its Multilateral Competent Authorities Agreement (MCAA) on country-by-country reporting.

The Indonesian Government has announced that it will relax the penalties it applies to underpaid tax, in a bid to boost compliance.

On September 6, 2019, the Dutch Ministry of Finance announced proposals to reforms the tax rules for savings income.

Switzerland's country-by-country reporting regime meets international standards and the country effectively exchanges the reports it receives with other countries, an OECD peer review has concluded.

According to a recent comment by United States Vice President Mike Pence, the Polish Government has decided not to proceed with a national digital services tax.

Following the first exchanges of country-by-country (CbC) reports, work is underway to support the effective use of CbC reports by tax administrations in assessing transfer pricing and other BEPS-related risks, the OECD has said, in releasing a new progress update.

The pace of tax reform has slowed across most leading economies, a new report from the OECD says, calling for bolder tax reforms to address future challenges.

The OECD on September 2, 2019, announced that Ecuador and Serbia have ratified the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

On September 5, 2019, the Government of the Czech Republic received from the Ministry of Finance draft legislation for the introduction of a temporary digital services tax, which was first announced in April 2019.

Ireland has released a responses document on an ongoing consultation on an update to the country's transfer pricing rules.

Two deadlines are approaching in Colombia for taxpayers wishing to take part in ongoing tax amnesties.

Indonesia's Finance Minister has said a law will soon be tabled in parliament to require value-added tax and income tax from companies doing significant digital business in Indonesia that lack a physical presence.

Chile's Chamber of Deputies approved at the end of August legislation to comprehensively reform the tax system, as set out in Bulletin 12043.

Australia's Federal Court issued a decision in favor of mining company Glencore on September 3, 2019. The case centered on whether dealings between Swiss parent Glencore International AG and an Australian subsidiary breached transfer pricing rules in relation to the sale and purchase of copper concentrate in the 2007-09 years.