The Latest Breaking News from PwC Australia

Lack of detail stopped Australian Federal Police initially investigating PwC breach

The Australian Taxation Office raised concerns about a confidentiality breach at PwC to Australian Federal Police in March 2018, but a lack of detail meant no investigation was launched.

ABC News · May 30, 2023

PwC Australia sidelines 9 directors as leak of tax information investigated

The Australian branch of the PricewaterhouseCoopers consultancy network has ordered nine partners to go on leave while an inquiry examines the leaking of confidential Australian tax avoidance policy changes to corporate clients who could benefit from the information

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

PwC Australia stands down staff amid tax plans leak scandal

Accounting firm pledges to do ‘everything it takes’ to regain trust after leaking government information to clients.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2023

Apple, Goldman Sachs, Samsung, and 10 others clamp down on ChatGPT at work

While ChatGPT can boost productivity, employers like Apple, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America worry about privacy risks if employees use the chatbot at work.

Fortune · May 19, 2023

PwC scandal shows consultants, like church officials, are best kept out of state affairs

Australia’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers called it “an appalling breach of trust”. But the scandal involving the local arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the world’s second-largest professional services firm, is much worse than that.

The Conversation · May 17, 2023

PwC internal review of tax leak ‘continues the cover-up’, Australian senator says

Labor’s Deborah O’Neill says it’s not enough for company to ‘share summary of key recommendations’, amid calls for AFP investigation

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2023

Former Telstra boss Ziggy Switkowski to oversee PwC investigation

Ziggy Switkowski AO has been installed to look under the hood at embattled consultancy PwC after it became mired in a tax scandal.

The New Daily · May 15, 2023

‘Disgraceful breach of trust’: how PwC, one of the world’s biggest accountancy firms, became mired in a tax scandal

PricewaterhouseCoopers used government secrets to help clients in Australia and the US avoid tax – a scandal that has forced resignations and threatens contracts worth hundreds of millions

The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2023

PwC Australia chief executive Tom Seymour resigns in wake of tax policy leak

Leak of confidential information triggered probe into government’s use of consultants to perform work of public servants

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2023

Foot Anstey reports record turnover and appoints PwC finance director

Ali Allan will join Foot Anstey - which has offices across the South West - from PwC Australia later this year

Birmingham Post · Aug 16, 2022