It’s on accounting professionals to understand what’s required of them, says PwC Economy & Industry Climate change reporting expert Katelyn Bonato says boards and senior management must get familiar with the information that standards require.
Consultation period opens for tax-agent regulation reform December 11, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Federal Accountants, lawyers and other professionals have until 21 January 2024 to respond to a raft of changes to tax agent regulation.
Leaders, key staff named for in-house Australian Government Consulting December 5, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Got wonk? A blend of private and public sector people make the cut for the government’s new in-house consulting service.
Premium Insights and analysis Why is parliament’s holding of audit bodies to account reactive rather than proactive? December 1, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry It’s unclear who holds the Big Four to account unless you count the occasional deep dive by parliamentary committees.
The fish is still rotting from the head November 28, 2023 By David Schmidtchen Editors' Picks Fixing leadership failings isn’t about weeding out the few bad apples. Are we actually getting the leaders we deserve?
Premium Insights and analysis Machiavelli, love and hate in the world of accounting and audit standard-setting November 26, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry Machiavelli might be more useful than all of the academics, accounting firms, legal gurus who have been bloviating on audit regulation.
Consultants to face anti-corruption commission grilling November 22, 2023 By Alex Mitchell and Kat Wong News The head of Australia’s NACC says government consultants — like those at PwC — should expect a visit from his organisation.
Whistleblowers not fully protected from identity-revelation outcomes November 13, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Federal Parliament can prevent retaliation against whistleblowers to a degree but not from every consequence of identity being revealed.
ATO’s Jeremy Hirschhorn’s trip to Paris paid for by PwC November 12, 2023 By Tom Ravlic News Senate estimates heard that accounting firm PwC funded Hirschhorn’s trip to Paris to address the company’s 2019 global tax conference.
Scyne Advisory set to open its doors next week November 8, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry Scyne was created in the aftermath of controversy over a breach of a confidentiality by former PwC partner Peter Collins.
Universities can help fix governments that are hooked on consultants November 2, 2023 By Duncan Ivison Australian Capital Territory Close the gap between the groundbreaking research carried out in universities & institutes and decision-makers to enable governments to use it.
Colbeck doesn’t hold back in criticism of adjustment to PwC’s fine October 27, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Federal The senator told the Australian Taxation Office he is “pissed off” with the halving of a $1.4 million penalty for PwC.
Premium Insights and analysis Microsoft positions to become the default platform for Australian government October 25, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology With AUKUS and AI prompting a top-level rethink, Microsoft reinvests annual revenue in local infrastructure to wash away tax minimisation and competition blues.
Stubbins departs PwC after concluding stint as acting CEO October 24, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Economy & Industry Kristin Stubbins’ term as boss involved exiting a series of partners and committing PwC to the public release of Ziggy Switkowski’s report.
Premium Interviews Judge Greenwood on what makes Scyne Advisory ‘a very different animal’ to PwC October 18, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks ‘This is a company that is going to function as if it were an ASX-listed corporation,’ says Andrew Greenwood of PwC’s government spin-off Scyne Advisory.
