Big four accountants
KPMG hit with de facto ban on new government contracts
The consulting giant has effectively been banned from new federal government work while the Department of Finance reviews its suitability as a contractor.
- Colin Kruger
Latest
- Opinion
- Opinion
Snowballing KPMG scandal sure to claim more casualties
The professional services network’s ability to audit its own behaviour has come up woefully short.
- Elizabeth Knight
Thirty thousand people applied for Stephanie’s finance job. Two ‘soft skills’ sealed the deal
Securing a graduate role at a big four consulting firm can set you up for life. But as competition among hungry contenders intensifies, you need more than a university transcript up your sleeve.
- Bronte Gossling
McKinsey faces US criminal investigation over its opioids work
McKinsey & Co is under criminal investigation in the United States over allegations that the consulting firm played a key role in fuelling America’s opioid epidemic.
- Mike Spector, Nate Raymond and Chris Prentice
- Updated
- PwC tax scandal
PwC cuts jobs as Westpac dumps firm after 20 years in wake of tax scandal
PwC announced it is cutting hundreds of staff after Westpac ended a 20-year relationship with the embattled firm that generated more than $70 million in fees over the past two years alone.
- Colin Kruger
- Opinion
- Opinion
The walls are closing in. Can PwC survive in Australia?
The PwC fallout has moved well past the bounds of the original misconduct in which the consulting giant acted as a “double agent”.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Opinion
- Companies
What the PwC scandal tells us about a broken system, and how to fix it
More inquiries will uncover further details, but we already know enough to make three broad conclusions about the broken system that is supposed to pursue tax avoidance.
- David Crowe
- Opinion
- Accounting
Accountants were boring until the government paid them billions to do its job
Should public services be delivered by the private sector? Based on the PwC scandal, the answer is a resounding no.
- Ross Gittins
- Opinion
- PwC tax scandal
Our government is being privatised by stealth: PwC scandal shows how
Why is Australia outsourcing so much of its governing to private enterprise? It’s a question voters should be asking their MPs.
- Geoffrey Watson
- Opinion
- PwC tax scandal
Picking the wrong side: Why the PwC scandal just gets juicier
If those running the accounting firm believe that undertaking some kind of internal investigation into its culture will provide them with a get-out-of-jail-free card, they are woefully mistaken.
- Elizabeth Knight