Yesterday
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The CFMEU can’t fix itself – just ask the banks, casinos and PwC
If union and Labor leaders really want to win back trust in the CFMEU, only an independent and transparent inquiry into the union will do.
- James Thomson
This Month
- Exclusive
- PwC
Sold for $1, Scyne claws back a third of PwC’s revenue
Scyne, spun out of PwC a year ago, is heading towards $200 million in revenue, rebuilding a third of the roughly $600 million earned by its predecessor firm.
- Edmund Tadros
PwC still paying for bungled tax leaks response
PwC is now paying the price for forcibly ushering several partners out the door.
- Max Mason
June
PwC’s agent Kevin Burrowes revealed as a $4m man
The revelation PwC Australia’s CEO is also paid by PwC International adds further texture to the firm’s intransigence with the Senate.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
- Exclusive
- PwC
Former PwC Australia partner flags legal action against firm
A former senior partner, Wayne Plummer, has indicated he will sue the firm after being publicly linked to its tax leaks scandal.
- Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
What Senate inquiry said about big four, now trying to ‘rebuild trust’
The big four consultancies have welcomed the Senate’s final report into the sector, which largely avoided direct criticism of individuals and firms.
- Maxim Shanahan
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Big four can’t be allowed to stay in ‘grey zone’ of PwC scandal
The Senate report makes it clear the big accounting firms have fallen through the regulatory gaps. That structural problem must eventually be addressed.
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Big four accountants
The consulting free-for-all in Canberra is coming to an end
A Senate committee’s recommendations go beyond changes made by the federal government after the PwC tax leaks scandal.
- Edmund Tadros
Greens call for accounting firms to be limited to 100 partners
The maximum size of accounting partnerships should be cut from 1000 to 100, and audit firms should be forced to separate their consulting divisions, the Greens say.
- Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
Inquiry calls for strict new rules for big four consulting firms
Parliamentary approval of contracts and a review of laws governing partnerships are among the final recommendations of a Senate inquiry into outsourcing.
- Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The simple fix to the PwC scandal that consultants would hate
On the eve of the final report of the Senate inquiry into the consulting sector, a simple way of ensuring accountability has been proposed.
- James Thomson
‘This may not end well for you’: The secret war behind the PwC inquiry
Documents tabled by three federal agencies raise questions about whether the ATO tried to shut down the investigation into the PwC tax leaks and targeted the man leading it, Michael O’Neill.
- Neil Chenoweth
May
- Exclusive
- Defamation
Former PwC partner sues firm for allegedly linking him to tax scandal
Richard Gregg alleges people have shunned and avoided him because of an implication by PwC that he was involved in the tax leaks scandal, when he was not.
- Updated
- Max Mason
Defence tries its hand at consulting as Labor keeps heat on big firms
The government will also conduct a second audit of public sector employment to track the progress on reducing its reliance on external advice.
- Maxim Shanahan
PwC elevates tax and legal into its service line
The new model will also bring together the firm’s deals and private advisory professionals and its consultants into a renamed “advisory” service.
- Edmund Tadros
Global push to get tax advisers to think ethically
New rules have been agreed to help restore trust in a profession battered by wrongdoing, including the PwC tax leaks scandal.
- Edmund Tadros
- Opinion
- Competition
Consulting firm fixes are impractical and an overreach
More importantly, they are not necessary to correct a deficiency in the regulation of delinquent behaviour, says the former ACCC chairman.
- Graeme Samuel
Let ASIC police big four conflicts: Samuel
Former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel says the big four’s governance changes looked good on paper, but would not fundamentally change the culture of the firms.
- Maxim Shanahan and Ronald Mizen
Big four accountants could face partner limits in governance crackdown
The big four accounting firms could be forced to slash partner numbers and incorporate their consulting businesses under a crackdown on governance standards flagged as a possible response to the PwC tax leaks scandal.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen and Edmund Tadros
The 24 questions Treasury has about the big four consulting firms
The 16 “potential issues” raised by Treasury and the 24 questions it would like responses to about the structure of the firms and the wider sector.
- Edmund Tadros
