Abstract
Walkley award-winning journalist Michael West certainly made an impression with his new public interest reporting site this week, exploding onto the scene with a fascinating expose on the murky world of the globe’s Big 4 accounting firms and their extraordinary foothold in politics and business.
West’s interview with multinational tax avoidance whistleblower George Rozvany is essential reading.
Rozvany argues that the Big 4 — Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young & KPMG — have infiltrated governments at every level, are unregulated and unaccountable and have too much power.
Simultaneously advising governments on tax reform while developing aggressive tax avoidance strategies for multinational corporate clients, the financial services giants are seen as having intractable conflicts of interest...
West’s interview with multinational tax avoidance whistleblower George Rozvany is essential reading.
Rozvany argues that the Big 4 — Deloitte, PwC, Ernst & Young & KPMG — have infiltrated governments at every level, are unregulated and unaccountable and have too much power.
Simultaneously advising governments on tax reform while developing aggressive tax avoidance strategies for multinational corporate clients, the financial services giants are seen as having intractable conflicts of interest...
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Specialist publication | Croakey Health Media |
| Publisher | Croakey |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- Accounting firms
- Big 4
- PwC
- Deloitte
- KPMG
- Ernst and Young
- Influence
- Public policy