The Facts

• The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are searching the Sydney headquarters of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) over its alleged leaking of confidential government tax information.The Australian Federal Police (AFP) began searching the Sydney headquarters of accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on Monday over its alleged leaking of confidential government tax information.

• This comes over a year after the Treasury referred the matter to the AFP, which alleged the "unauthorized disclosure of confidential Commonwealth information" by former PwC personnel.

• A Senate report, citing emails from dozens of company staff, found that PwC Australia was using its access to secret government tax proposals to help attract business from corporations such as Google and Facebook.The allegations first emerged in a Senate report that found PwC Australia was using its access to secret government tax proposals to help attract business from corporations such as Google and Facebook.