Tax

PWC hits out at tax chief Pascal Saint-Amans’ ‘unfair’ jibe at big business

Professional services firm accuses the former OECD executive of dismissing warnings from big business

Pascal Saint-Amans, the architect of landmark corporate tax reforms

The head of tax at PWC Ireland has hit out at Pascal Saint-Amans, the architect of landmark corporate tax reforms, saying the former OECD executive was “missing the point” in downplaying the demands of new rules on businesses.

Paraic Burke, head of tax at PWC Ireland, accused Saint-Amans – the former director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy – of dismissing warnings from big business that new corporate tax rules were onerous and costly ...