PwC Australia Said to Tie Google to Tax Leak Scandal: Rtrs (1)

PwC Australia provided Google confidential information about the start date of a new tax law leaked from Australian government briefings, Reuters reported, citing two unidentified people familiar with the matter.

• In one instance, someone from PwC emailed Google in August 2015 to confirm the likely start date for a tax avoidance law
  • Confirmation that Australia would go ahead came from confidential government briefings
• The PwC employee didn’t tell Google the information was confidential
• PwC has not publicly identified any client in relation to the scandal
• PwC Australia said its clients “were not involved in any wrongdoing and no confidential information ...