PwC scandal: Australian Tax Office tried to get federal police to investigate in 2018

Tax office tells Senate committee it did not have the investigative powers to secure enough evidence from consultancy firm, hampering efforts to persuade federal police to investigate

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Repeated efforts by the Australian Tax Office to convince federal police to investigate PwC in 2018 failed because it did not have the investigative powers" to secure key evidence.

For the first time the ATO has published a detailed timeline of the PwC scandal that confirms years of frustration at the firm PwC allegedly withholding information about how it helped multinational companies avoid paying tax.

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