PwC partners and staff with security clearances will need to do extra training to remind them about their “confidentiality obligations” as the fallout from the firm’s tax leak scandal spreads.
PwC partners and staff with security clearances will need to take part in extra training to remind them about their “confidentiality obligations” as the fallout from the firm’sPeter Collins, former international tax leader for PwC Australia.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher instead said the government was looking to address gaps in existing procurement rules to stop a repeat of the breaches.were involved in sharing confidential government tax policy obtained by former PwC star Peter Collins. The big four consulting firm is keen to move on from the affair – Mr Collins resigned late last year and in December was deregistered by the Tax Practitioners Board for two years – by promising to reform its internal processes to ensure similar leaks do not happen again.Greens senator Barbara Pocock: “The question for me is about the prevailing cultural norms within PwC.
“I think there should be much stronger penalties in terms of PwC’s future contracts. It is a serious issue and a serious breach,” Senator Pocock said.
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