August 2024
PwC clears itself of misleading ATO on FIRB application
Three current and former PwC Australia CEOs will appear before parliament on Friday to testify about the firm’s tax leaks scandal .
June 2024
Switkowski backs nuclear push, Dutton promises costings
Ziggy Switkowski says nuclear power has a role to play in the zero-emissions energy mix and would deliver a positive return to taxpayers.
April 2024
Burrowes wants everyone to move on from PwC’s tax scandal
“We feel we’re in a good position now to start to turn to a new chapter, look to the future and drive the firm with a new strategy,” the PwC chief executive says.
March 2024
Sayers evidence on PwC tax leaks ‘implausible’, Senate finds
A Senate committee has called testimony by former PwC Australia chief executive Luke Sayers “implausible” and questioned the “truthfulness” of aspects of his evidence.
Senators slam PwC global boss for rejecting tax leak request
Bob Moritz has been accused of acting ‘like Dr No’ after refusing to provide the legal report into PwC International’s involvement in the firm’s tax leaks scandal.
‘Floptus’, hacks and outages: Optus show eyes next chapter
There has rarely been a dull moment at Optus. Now, a buyout offers a chance to reset.
‘I had a wonderful’ 30 years in auditing, says former PwC CEO
Kristin Stubbins’ surprise parliamentary inquiry appearance was mostly about her wanting to make clear that the tax leaks scandal had nothing to do with the arm she once led.
December 2023
Bonfire of the CEOs: Rear Window’s 2023 year in review
The year ended with a lecture from the mining establishment, but not before a carry-on of CEOs joined the unemployment queue.
At PwC, it’s the revenge of the auditors
Long the humbler, more straight-forward and less risky arm of the firm, audit is now expected to be the growth engine and the governance model for the future.
November 2023
People over profits: ‘Don’t promote leaders unable to manage, develop staff’
The driving force behind a landmark report into the culture of EY says leaders should not be promoted further if they can’t manage and develop staff – even if they perform well financially for the firm.
October 2023
Tax Office halved $1.4m PwC fine for false privilege claims
A confidential settlement also prevents the ATO from taking action against five multinational clients who supported the claims.
PwC chiefs play pass the parcel
Kevin Burrowes, the new chief executive PwC Australia sent in to fix the firm’s tax leak scandal, has a terminal case of resting bulldog face.
PwC tax leak scandal has exposed partnerships as regulatory havens
The loopholes that allow large accounting firms that look, act and behave much like corporations without being regulated in the same way should now be closed.
KPMG, EY and Deloitte: We already have the PwC reforms in place
PwC Australia’s rivals claim to have superior governance structures that mean they don’t need to emulate the sweeping changes at the embattled firm.
September 2023
Ex-PwC partners ‘given no chance to respond’ to tax leaks reports
Former personnel say they have not been given the opportunity to challenge any unflattering or critical assertions that might be in Ziggy Switkowski’s findings.
PwC seeks absolution but can it really change?
The publication of two documents and a video apology for the tax leaks scandal this week was meant to be a circuit breaker. But it won’t be that easy.
The who, why and what of the PwC tax leak scandal
Finding a way to straighten out the structural issue would be the constructive way for the entire professional services sector to move on from a bad patch.
No Australian tax revenue lost in PwC leaks scandal: lawyers
Legal inquiries into PwC Australia’s tax leaks scandal have concluded that it did not lead to a “reduction in tax revenues for Australia”.
How PwC failed to identify or deal with tax leaks scandal
Three legal inquiries blamed the big four firm’s troubles on a “combination of multiple failings” by individuals and in its governance, culture and accountability.
Ziggy Switkowski’s guide to making it at PwC
The veteran reviewer’s examination of PwC can be read as a treasure map to consultancy riches.