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Professional services; PwC has disgraced itself down under

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The firm’s employees helped multinationals dodge taxes in Australia | Business

The professional services giant is in hot water over allegations that, after helping the government design a new system to make foreign multinational firms pay more tax, it used its inside knowledge to help global clients circumvent those same measures…

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The article is about how a professional services firm used its inside knowledge to help global clients avoid paying taxes in Australia, even though it had helped the government design a system that was designed to make them pay more tax. The tone of the article is critical of the firm's actions and raises questions about its ethics. The main message of the article is that it is unethical for firms to use their insider knowledge to help clients avoid paying taxes, especially after helping create systems meant to force them to pay those taxes.

Keywords: Professional services, dodge taxes, multinationals, Australia, Business, inside knowledge, circumvent measures, unethical

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