Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed senior tax specialist Don Spirason, former Vice President of Tax at BHP, as a special counsel based in Melbourne. Spirason joins JWS with more than 20 yearsā tax experience, including more than 10 years at BHP and 5 years at Fosterās Group. Beginning his career at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, he…
A report alleging that the ATO asked the Tax Practitioner Board to curtail its investigation of a PwC tax leaks scandal was āfundamentally misleadingā, a senior tax official has said.
Executives from KPMG have condemned the PwC tax breach scandal as ādisturbingā and admitted past mistakes after the firm was rocked by an exam cheating scandal.
The Tax Practitioners Board says that PricewaterhouseCoopers ignored its request for the names of nine partners put on leave in the wake of the tax leak scandal that has rocked the firm, with the regulator saying former executive Peter Collins was not the only partner who misused confidential information.
PricewaterhouseCoopers will put nine partners on leave and ringfence its government work in the wake of a tax policy leak scandal for which the embattled firmās acting chief has issued an apology.
Treasury has referred the tax policy leak scandal engulfing PricewaterhouseCoopers to federal police for possible criminal investigation.
A sacked Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner seeking $13 million in compensation from his former firm and Lendlease has been criticised for claiming that whistleblower protections introduced in 2019 āwouldnāt make senseā if they did not apply retroactively.
The tax leaks scandal engulfing PwC has shone a spotlight on the culture of large professional services firms, where ensuring compliance with good governance is akin to “herding cats”, experts say.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has appointed former Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski to investigate the tax leaks scandal that has engulfed the firm.
The daughter of a former ATO boss has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment over her role in an $105 million tax fraud involving payroll services company Plutus Payroll, with a judge finding she showed āno contritionā for her conduct.