Jul 30, 2026 – 6.40pmTax Practitioners Board chairman Peter de Cure has been forced to recuse himself from the body’s investigation into KPMG’s data misuse scandal following his failure to comply with conflict of interest rules.De Cure, a KPMG partner for nearly 25 years until 2013, put a special conflict management plan in place earlier this month preventing him from discussing the probe with staff or fellow board members, after admitting he failed to declare he was briefed by a KPMG audit partner and called the whistleblower a “disgruntled” employee.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles