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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