PwC Australia woes confined to West Island

PwC Australia woes confined to West Island
PwC NZ hasn't been caught up in its Australian sister's woes. (Image: Precinct Properties)
Paul McBeth
The self-inflicted woes besetting PwC Australia haven’t crept across the Tasman, with government agencies confident there hasn’t been a similar misuse of tax information in New Zealand. The Australian arm of the global Big Four brand is grappling with the fallout of its leak of confidential federal government plans to clients, including as part of its own efforts to win business in Silicon Valley. PwC is a network of separate firms that are each their own separate legal entity, but do work together to make it easier for th...

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