The “invisabillty cloak” of legal privilege hindered the ATO’s investigation of the tax leaks scandal and prompted a new protocol.
through 2018 and 2019 there was back and forth with the Australian Federal Police, until it declined to prosecuteIt is not clear whether the ATO had all the emails that were released by the Senate on May 3.Mr Hirschhorn suggested the TPB “received some extra [emails] over what we had – because we have seen that in the emails that have been tabled”.‘Intense conversation’“They were fully aware from our interest right from the start, but it escalated throughout.
LPP belongs to the client and can only be asserted by the client. But the ATO knew LPP had become part of the PwC business model; it allowed the firm secrecy over communications that US firms could not provide.when it was still liaising with the AFP on possible legal action against Mr Collins and PwC.Soon after, it began talks with the Law Council of Australia about a protocol for investigations.
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