PwC scandal prompts government crackdown on tax adviser misconduct

PwC scandal prompts government crackdown on tax adviser misconduct

The maximum penalty for advisers and firms that promote tax exploitation schemes will rise from $7.8 million to more than $780 million.

  • byAngus Thompson andMillie Muroi

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Pay,sexual harassment and fraud claims put heat on consulting industry

Pay,sexual harassment and fraud claims put heat on consulting industry

PwC was not the only one in the firing line this week as a Senate inquiry revealed multimillion-dollar pay packets and a lack of disclosure on wrongdoing.

  • byColin Kruger andRachel Clun
PwC Commonwealth Games report had sage advice for Victoria

PwC Commonwealth Games report had sage advice for Victoria

If Victoria had just listened to PwC years ago,maybe it wouldn’t be in this mess.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt
Ex-Deloitte partner used confidential Defence documents to win work for his new business

Ex-Deloitte partner used confidential Defence documents to win work for his new business

Controversial consultant David Milo used material he obtained as a partner at Deloitte to further his private interests after he left the firm.

  • byNick McKenzie andDavid Crowe
Labor keeps it in the family as Iemma’s sons join premier’s team

Labor keeps it in the family as Iemma’s sons join premier’s team

Two of former Labor premier Morris Iemma’s sons are now working for current Labor premier Chris Minns.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andDavid Estcourt
Top-earning PwC partners ‘almost bulletproof’,Deloitte stands down worker over government data breach

Top-earning PwC partners ‘almost bulletproof’,Deloitte stands down worker over government data breach

In a senate hearing into the management of consulting firms,former ACCC chairman Allan Fels also argued for the break-up of the major consultancies.

  • byRachel Clun andColin Kruger
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PwC and rivals Deloitte,KPMG air dirty laundry in Senate inquiry

PwC and rivals Deloitte,KPMG air dirty laundry in Senate inquiry

PwC Australia has admitted to dealing with more than 100 complaints of sexual harassment since the 2019 financial year – including 19 last year.

  • byColin Kruger
PwC’s self-immolation prompts concern the fire has spread

PwC’s self-immolation prompts concern the fire has spread

A corrupt culture could permeate the outsourcing of federal government work to the consultant industry and we are powerless to prevent it

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Big four consultancies win $1.4 billion a year in taxpayer-funded contracts

Big four consultancies win $1.4 billion a year in taxpayer-funded contracts

The Centre for Public Integrity claims consulting giants are wielding undue influence as a new study finds PwC is now the biggest political donor of the big four.

  • byDavid Crowe andMatthew Knott
Gloomiest outlook yet:Economy on knife-edge and facing consumer recession,says Deloitte

Gloomiest outlook yet:Economy on knife-edge and facing consumer recession,says Deloitte

Australia faces its toughest non-COVID phase since the devastating recession of 1990-91,Deloitte Access Economics has warned.

  • byShane Wright
Missing millions:Deloitte partner allegedly duped colleagues out of $60m
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Missing millions:Deloitte partner allegedly duped colleagues out of $60m

Amberjit Endow promised high-profile investors – including a former AFL champion – returns of up to 40 per cent in six months for lending him money to purchase what he claimed were Indian government-issued bonds.

  • byNick McKenzie andSimone Fox Koob