PwC leaders at war over tax scandal

PwC’s former general counsel says she repeatedly advised then-chief executive Luke Sayers and the firm’s governance board that legal professional privilege was being misused to shield the firm from the tax office, and that Tom Seymour was not suitable to become chief executive.

The claims were made in a day of emotional testimony before a parliamentary committee in Canberra, in which former top PwC leaders and legal counsel turned on each other, exposing the full scale of the firm’s years-long failure to deal with the tax leaks saga.