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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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 tax scandal disturbing and unacceptable,says KPMG boss

PwC tax scandal disturbing and unacceptable,says KPMG boss

KPMG boss Andrew Yates publicly rebuked PwC while apologising for his own firm’s failings.

  • 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
Builders delay thousands of homes over high costs,lacklustre property prices

Builders delay thousands of homes over high costs,lacklustre property prices

Victorian property developers are holding off on construction of new homes because of soaring costs and flat property prices – despite being given the green light to start work by local councils.

  • byJosh Gordon
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Half of new homes in Sydney have one thing in common

Up to 430,000 homes were added in Greater Sydney between 2006 and 2021,with West Pennant Hills,Mascot and Zetland adding the highest number.

  • byMatt Wade
‘Short,sharp disruption’:Business leaders look beyond China COVID outbreak

‘Short,sharp disruption’:Business leaders look beyond China COVID outbreak

KPMG chairman Alison Kitchen believes China’s latest outbreak,the scale and severity of which is not known,will not create new problems for local retailers.

  • byJessica Yun
Australia Post,Woodside Energy to offset carbon footprint through sustainable aviation fuel investment

Australia Post,Woodside Energy to offset carbon footprint through sustainable aviation fuel investment

A new Qantas partnership with five of Australia’s biggest companies will begin offsetting their air carbon footprint by investing in sustainable aviation fuel.

  • byAmelia McGuire
Shorter hospital stays solution to elective surgery backlog,new analysis finds

Shorter hospital stays solution to elective surgery backlog,new analysis finds

For his hip replacement operation,Paul Murgatroyd was hospitalised for only one night and a nurse and physiotherapist visited him at home afterwards.

  • byKate Aubusson
Dispute over rail entity dents trust between NSW Treasury and watchdog:report

Dispute over rail entity dents trust between NSW Treasury and watchdog:report

The report warns trust between Treasury and the auditor-general has been eroded by the stand-off last year over the controversial rail corporation.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan