This Month
- Opinion
- Government Services Summit
Government online should be a one-stop-shop. But don’t expect it soon
State and federal governments are trying to make access to digital services easier, but there is still a long way to go.
- Jennifer Hewett
PwC trains 1300 staff on honesty and integrity (after a warning)
PwC has complied with an order to provide additional training to more than 1300 mostly tax-related partners and staff on their professional behaviour.
- Edmund Tadros
1.8m people targeted in investor property tax crackdown
A beach house owner was able to claim deductions even though it was untenanted for years. Now the ATO is cracking down.
- Duncan Hughes
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
PwC partner sues to stop firm forcing him out over tax leaks
Richard Gregg has become the first partner named by the firm to take legal action to prevent PwC from forcing him out of its partnership.
- Edmund Tadros and Kylar Loussikian
EY runs ‘a very different tax practice’ to PwC
EY has told a Senate inquiry that the firm has “very different” model to its rival and does not have “partners roaming the market with solutions looking for problems”.
- Edmund Tadros
Multimillion-dollar gold fraudsters to be jailed over tax scam
Two men who roped relatives, friends and backpackers into their $40 million gold-selling scheme will be jailed for defrauding the Tax Office.
- Neve Brissenden
- Opinion
- SMSFs
Trustees trapped in nightmare of new expense rules
There have been changes to “non-arm’s-length expense” rules for SMSFs - and they’ve become a total headache for trustees and advisers.
- Peter Burgess
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
‘Off the record’: Other PwC partners also shared tax information
The fact that more than one PwC partner was involved in sharing confidential government information with the tax business is contrary to what the firm has been saying.
- Neil Chenoweth
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
How Uber, Facebook used PwC schemes to beat tax crackdown
US tech giants Uber and Facebook set up new company structures to sidestep Australia’s multinational tax avoidance law using PwC advice, days before the legislation came into effect in January 2016.
- Neil Chenoweth
- Opinion
- Rear Window
ATO keeps tech companies’ PwC secrets
Google, Uber, Microsoft and Facebook say they had no idea tax advice was based on confidential information. And for the Tax Office it’s settled.
- Neil Chenoweth
ATO punts $6.8m on Nuix
While other departments reduce contracts over governance concerns, the Tax Office has doubled down on the troubled tech supplier.
- Neil Chenoweth
Plutus lawyer jailed nine years for ‘biggest tax fraud’
Dev Menon’s abuse of his professional status and the trust placed in it exacerbated his persistent course of conduct throughout his involvement.
- Jack Gramenz
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
PwC names eight partners it says were involved in tax leaks scandal
PwC will remove eight veteran partners who it says were directly involved in the firm’s tax leaks scandal, or did not adequately address matters.
- Edmund Tadros
June
- Opinion
- PwC tax scandal
Why the attacks on PwC are ideological and overblown
A PwC partner made a mistake and was rightly sanctioned for it. But a private sector that behaved like the public sector would be a loss all round.
- Nick Hossack
Paper to go in major overhaul of trade border bureaucracy
Removing paper and installing a single fit and proper person test are being proposed as early wins from a major overhaul of the $1.2 billion trade system.
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- Tax reform
Australia’s glorious history of policy failure
The Commonwealth was founded through a dodgy deal between colonial politicians, and went downhill from there.
- Jason Falinski
PwC tax leaks scandal: A timeline
A timeline of the almost decade-long saga timeline of the Pwc Australia tax leaks scandal.
- Opinion
- Workplace
How ‘no poaching’ contracts are hurting wages and start-ups
Stopping workers switching jobs or starting businesses is bad for wages, competition, productivity, business formation, and fast-growing firms seeking staff.
- John Kehoe
Tax Office targets property investors using external data sources
The Tax Office is targeting property investors who claim too many deductions or fail to declare rental income by matching tax return information against third-party property and insurance data.
- Edmund Tadros
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
Embattled PwC pauses partner promotions
PwC Australia has delayed its main mid-year partner intake, the latest sign of the growing toll the ongoing tax leaks scandal is taking on its operations.
- Edmund Tadros and Myriam Robin
