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Corrs, DLA Piper pick up tax specialists from embattled PwC

Troubled professional services firm PwC has lost two partners to law firms Corrs Chambers Westgarth and DLA Piper.

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PwC sacks 8 partners as leaks crisis referred to anti-corruption watchdog

The tax leaks scandal engulfing PricewaterhouseCoopers has been referred to the newly formed National Anti-Corruption Commission, as the accounting firm sacks eight partners for professional governance breaches.

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Chobani loses test case over GST on Flip yoghurt range

Chobani has lost a dispute over the tax office’s recent decision to apply GST to the US yoghurt maker’s Flip range.

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PwC partner denies involvement in alleged $3.3M fraud scheme

A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner has hit back at a lawsuit over her alleged involvement in a $3.3 million scheme to defraud her husband’s employer, saying she believed payments into her account were made under a personal loan brokered by her husband from a “wealthy friend” in China.

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Wife of billionaire developer challenges suppression order in $272M ATO case

The wife of a billionaire developer has lodged an appeal seeking to suppress the affidavits of a tax official in a $272 million proceeding brought by the Australian Taxation Office.

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Wife of billionaire developer can’t suppress affidavits in $272M ATO case

The wife of a billionaire developer targeted in a $272 million proceeding by the Australian Taxation Office has lost a bid for suppression orders over the affidavits of a tax official she said would cause the couple to suffer reputational and commercial harm.

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Judge doubts utility of Full Court hearing in sacked Greenwoods partner’s case

A judge has raised concerns about the utility of referring a satellite dispute over whistleblower protections to the Full Court in a $13 million lawsuit brought by an ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner.

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SingTel appeals ATO win over deductions on $14B Optus buy

Telecommunications giant SingTel is challenging a ruling in favour of the Australian Taxation Office’s decision to reject over $894,000 in tax deductions related to its $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus.

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ATO hits back at Pepsico lawsuit over Schweppes bottling payments

A notice issued to Pepsico demanding royalty withholding tax over bottling payments made by Schweppes correctly notified the soft drink giant of its tax liability, the Australian Taxation Office has said.

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SingTel can’t salvage $190,000 in transfer pricing deductions on $14.2B Optus buy

SingTel has been blocked from making $190,000 in tax deductions after the Australian Taxation Office won its Federal Court case against the Singaporean teleco over transfer pricing benefits related to the $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus.

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