PwC Refuses Australia Senate Request for Tax Leak Documents

December 22, 2023, 11:59 AM UTC

Pricewaterhouse Coopers Australia has refused to provide the Senate with documents relating to an ongoing investigation of a senior partner leaking confidential government tax information.

PwC declined a request by Sen. Deb O’Neill—member of the governing Labor Party and head of the joint house finance committee—for notes relating to a 2019 meeting between deputy tax commissioner Jeremy Hirschhorn and then- PwC CEO Luke Sayers. The tax office says that Hirschhorn urged Sayers to personally review internal emails relating to the tax leak in the meeting.

Documents related to the Senate inquiry were released Friday.

The accounting firm also refused ...

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