NSW Greens call for more transparency over settlement between PwC and ATO

Claim was not related to scandal involving misuse of confidential government tax plans, ATO says

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The Australian Taxation Office and consultancy giant PwC Australia have reached a settlement over false legal professional privilege claims in response to formal notices", separate to a scandal involving the misuse of confidential government tax plans.

PwC first revealed the confidential settlement to a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday but did not disclose any details, leading the NSW Greens to warn the company may have secured a sweetheart deal" with the ATO before the full scale of a scandal involving the misuse of government data was revealed.

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