Date | Event |
11 December 2013 | Peter Collins signs first confidentiality agreement with Treasury. |
10 April 2015 | Peter Collins and Tom Seymour appear at a public hearing for the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into corporate tax avoidance and aggressive minimisation. |
15 April 2016 | Peter Collins signs second confidentiality agreement with Treasury. |
1 January 2016 | Commencement of the Multinational Anti-Avoidance Law (MAAL). |
April 2016 | Australian Taxation Office (ATO) becomes aware of companies avoiding the MAAL. |
19 February 2018 | Peter Collins signs third confidentiality agreement with Treasury. |
March 2018 | ATO receives advice from its General Counsel in relation to with whom the ATO could share information. ATO shares information with the Australian Federal Police (AFP). |
Approx. March 2019 | AFP and ATO consider there is not sufficient evidence to pursue a formal investigation. |
2 July 2020 | ATO refers Peter Collins to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). |
11 January 2021 | TPB commenced its investigation into Peter Collins. |
8 March 2021 | TPB commenced its investigation into PwC. |
25 November 2022 | TPB notified ATO of decision re PwC. |
16 December 2022 | TPB notified ATO of decision re Peter Collins. |
23 December 2022 | TPB updated its Public Register with findings and sanction decisions on PwC and Peter Collins. |
19 January 2023 | TPB updated its Public Register with reasons for decisions on PwC and Peter Collins. |
13, 14, 17 February 2023 | Supplementary Budget Estimates 2022-23 hearings – Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee. |
15-16 February and 1 March 2023 | Supplementary Budget Estimates 2022-23 hearings – Senate Economics Legislation Committee. |
9 March 2023 | Senate refers inquiry into the management and assurance of integrity by consulting services to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee. |
2 May 2023 | Redacted internal PwC emails tabled by TPB as answers to questions on notice to Senate Economics Legislation Committee. Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee holds its first public hearing for the consulting services inquiry. |
8 May 2023 | Tom Seymour steps down as CEO of PwC Australia. |
16 May 2023 | PwC announces review by Ziggy Switkowski AO. |
22-26 May 2023 | Budget Estimates 2023-24 hearings – Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee. |
24 May 2023 | Treasury refers the Peter Collins/PwC matter to the AFP for investigation. |
29 May 2023 | Open letter from PwC Australia Acting Chief Executive Kristin Stubbins. PwC announces it has stood down nine unnamed partners. |
30 May-2 June 2023 | Budget Estimates 2023-24 hearings – Senate Economics Legislation Committee |
2 June 2023 | PwC provides answers to questions on notice to Senate Finance and Public Administration References committee, requesting the committee publish only the redacted version. |
5 June 2023 | PwC names four partners Collins, McNab, Bursten and Fuller who were all involved in the PwC matter and have all since left PwC. |
7 June 2023 | Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee holds its second public hearing for the consulting services inquiry. |