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.net.au/news/ato-raised-concerns-about-a-breach-at-pwc-to-federal-police/102413154The 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.Police last week launched an investigation into a former PwC executive over the use of confidential information
The ATO assigned an assistant tax commissioner and about 20 staff to look into whether PwC had been involved in a"We had to issue further notices to obtain information that was clearly not subject to legal professional privilege such as internal PwC emails," he said. "It's a necessary thing in 99 per cent of cases, but clearly this is an example where maybe we should have been able to disclose that at least to Treasury.
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