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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Accountants face day of reckoning on fees

The audit fee bonanza enjoyed by the Big Four accountants over the past four years has continued into the current annual reporting season but there are signs the boom may be dramatically slowing.

The Evening Standard can reveal that amid top-level calls for the major accountancy firms to reveal the profits they are making from auditing, the 10 most lucrative listed company audit contracts in the UK yielded a record £196m in fees last year, nearly 9% higher than in the previous year.

Accountants face day of reckoning on fees

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