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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

PwC scandal: Australian Tax Office tried to get federal police to investigate in 2018

Signage at the PwC Australia office
The ATO has published a detailed timeline of the PwC scandal for the first time. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Repeated efforts by the Australian Tax Office to convince federal police to investigate PwC in 2018 failed because it did not have “the investigative powers” to secure key evidence.

For the first time the ATO has published a detailed timeline of the PwC scandal that confirms years of frustration at the firm allegedly withholding information about how it helped multinational companies avoid paying tax.

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