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This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Mar 20, 2009. Disclosure
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees
The following is a description of the fees earned by
kpmg, for services
rendered to Citi for the year ended December 31, 2008:
Audit Fees: This includes fees earned
by kpmg in
connection with the annual integrated audit of Citis
consolidated financial statements, internal controls over
financial reporting under
sarbanes-oxley
Section 404, audits of subsidiary financial statements and
reviews of Citis interim financial statements. The
aggregate fees earned by
kpmg for audit
services rendered to Citi and its subsidiaries for the years
ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008 totaled
approximately $63.6 million and $69.8 million,
respectively.
Audit Related Fees: This includes fees
for services performed by
kpmg that are
closely related to audits and in many cases could only be
provided by our independent registered public accounting firm.
Such services may include comfort letters and consents related
to sec
registration statements and other capital raising activities and
certain reports relating to Citis regulatory filings,
reports on internal control reviews required by regulators,
accounting advice on completed transactions, due diligence
services related to contemplated mergers and acquisitions,
accounting consultations, internal control reviews not required
by regulators, securitization related services, employee benefit
plan audits and certain attestation services as well as certain
agreed upon procedures. The aggregate fees
earned by kpmg for
audit related services rendered to Citi and its subsidiaries for
the years ended December 31, 2007 and December 31,
2008 totaled approximately $18.1 million and
$17.4 million, respectively.
Tax Compliance Fees: This includes
corporate tax compliance services. Tax counsel and advisory
services are no longer being provided by
kpmg to Citi and
its subsidiaries. The aggregate fees earned by
kpmg for tax
compliance related services for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008 totaled
approximately $6.4 million and $8.9 million,
respectively.
All Other Fees: Citi has not engaged
kpmg for any
non-audit services.
This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Mar 13, 2008. Disclosure of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees The following is a description of the fees earned by KPMG, for services rendered to Citi for the year ended December 31, 2007:
Audit Fees: This includes fees earned by KPMG in connection with the annual integrated audit of Citis consolidated financial statements, internal controls over financial reporting under SARBANES-OXLEY Section 404, audits of subsidiary financial statements and reviews of Citis interim financial statements. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for audit services rendered to Citi and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007 totaled approximately $52.9 million and $63.6 million, respectively.
Audit Related Fees: This includes fees for services performed by KPMG that are closely related to audits and in many cases could only be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. Such services may include comfort letters and consents related to SEC registration statements and other capital raising activities and certain reports relating to Citis regulatory filings, reports on internal control reviews required by regulators, accounting advice on completed transactions, due diligence services related to contemplated mergers and acquisitions, accounting consultations, internal control reviews not required by regulators, securitization related services, employee benefit This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Mar 13, 2007. Disclosure of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees The following is a description of the fees earned by KPMG for services rendered to Citigroup for the year ended December 31, 2006:
Audit Fees: This includes fees earned by KPMG in connection with the annual integrated audit of Citigroups consolidated financial statements, internal controls over financial reporting under SARBANES-OXLEY Section 404, audits of subsidiary financial statements and reviews of Citigroups interim financial statements. Also included are fees for services performed by KPMG that are closely related to audits and in many cases could only be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. Such services may include comfort letters and consents related to SEC registration statements and other capital raising activities and certain reports relating to Citigroups regulatory filings, reports on internal control reviews required by regulators, and accounting advice on completed transactions. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for audit services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 totaled approximately $51.9 million and $52.9 million, respectively.
Audit Related Fees: This includes due diligence services related to contemplated mergers and acquisitions, accounting consultations, internal control reviews not required by regulators, debt This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Mar 14, 2006. Disclosure of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees The following is a description of the fees earned by KPMG, for services rendered to Citigroup for the year ended December 31, 2005:
Audit Fees: This includes fees earned by KPMG in connection with the annual integrated audit of Citigroups consolidated financial statements, internal controls over financial reporting under Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, audits of subsidiary financial statements and reviews of Citigroups interim financial statements. Also included are fees for services performed by KPMG that are closely related to audits and in many cases could only be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. Such services may include comfort letters and consents related to SEC registration statements and other capital raising activities and certain reports relating to Citigroups regulatory filings, reports on internal control reviews required by regulators, and accounting advice on completed transactions. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for audit services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005 totaled approximately $55.0 million and $51.9 million, respectively.
Audit Related Fees: This includes due diligence services related to contemplated mergers and acquisitions, accounting consultations, internal control reviews not required by regulators, securitization related services, employee benefit plan audits and certain attestation services as well as certain agreed upon procedures. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for audit related services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005 totaled approximately $8.0 million and $9.9 million, respectively.
Tax Compliance Fees: This includes corporate tax compliance services. Tax counsel and advisory services are no longer being provided by KPMG to Citigroup and its subsidiaries. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for tax compliance related services for the years ended December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005 totaled approximately $6.2 million and $6.0 million, respectively.
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Table of ContentsAll Other Fees: The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for all other services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for matters such as general permissible consulting for the year ended December 31, 2004 totaled less than $0.1 million and no other fees were earned in 2005.
Citigroup has not engaged KPMG for any additional non-audit services other than those permitted under its external auditor engagement policy unless such services were individually reviewed and approved by the Citigroup audit and risk management committee.
This excerpt taken from the C DEF 14A filed Mar 15, 2005. Disclosure of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees The following is a description of the fees earned by KPMG, which includes those fees billed to Citigroup
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Table of Contentsas well as those not yet billed, for services rendered to Citigroup for the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004:
Audit Fees: Audit fees include fees paid by Citigroup to KPMG in connection with the annual integrated audit of Citigroups consolidated financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting, KPMGS audits of subsidiary financial statements and KPMGS review of Citigroups interim financial statements. Audit fees also include fees for services performed by KPMG that are closely related to the audit and in many cases could only be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. Such services include comfort letters and consents related to SEC registration statements and other capital raising activities and certain reports relating to Citigroups regulatory filings, reports on internal control reviews required by regulators, and accounting advice on completed transactions. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for audit services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 totaled approximately $39.8 million and $55.0 million, respectively. The fees for the year ended December 31, 2004 include audit fees related to the audit of internal control over financial reporting under SARBANES-OXLEY Section 404.
Audit Related Fees: Audit related services include due diligence services related to contemplated mergers and acquisitions, accounting consultations, internal control reviews not required by regulators, securitization related services, employee benefit plan audits and certain attestation services as well as certain agreed upon procedures. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for audit related services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 totaled approximately $5.1 million and $8.0 million, respectively.
Tax Fees: Tax fees include corporate tax compliance, counsel and advisory services. As noted below, tax counsel and advisory services will no longer be provided by KPMG. The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for the tax related services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 totaled approximately $8.5 million and $6.2 million, respectively.
Of the $6.2 million of tax fees earned by KPMG in 2004, approximately $5.2 million was related to tax compliance services and $1.0 million was tax counsel and advisory services which will mostly be discontinued under the new policy described below. Of the $8.5 million of tax fees earned by KPMG in 2003, approximately $4.8 million was related to tax compliance services, $0.4 million was related to expatriate tax services which were contracted for prior to Citigroups adoption of its policy prohibiting the engagement of KPMG for such services, and the balance, approximately $3.3 million, was related to tax counsel and advisory services.
All Other Fees: The aggregate fees earned by KPMG for all other services rendered to Citigroup and its subsidiaries for matters such as general consulting for the year ended December 31, 2003 totaled approximately $0.1 million. For the year ended December 31, 2004, all other fees were less than $0.1 million.
Citigroup has not engaged KPMG for any additional non-audit services other than those permitted under its policy unless such services were individually approved by the Citigroup audit and risk management committee.
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