PwC Australia Fined Partner for Breach Unrelated to Tax Saga

PwC Australia said it took disciplinary action against a partner because of a breach of an internal protocol in 2018.

• PwC, which used confidential information obtained during its advisory work with the Australian government to target corporate clients with tax advice, said in a submission to parliament that there was one other matter where disciplinary action was taken
• The second matter wasn’t related to the tax breach, the firm said in a statement Wednesday
• “There is no second misuse of information breach,” a spokesperson said
• The disciplinary action related to “an internal process oversight where the partner did not ...