The table below presents the amounts due to the PZU Group’s audit firm (KPMG Audyt sp. z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością sp. k., “KPMG Audyt”, and members of the KPMG network) for the audit of financial statements of the consolidated PZU Group companies performed by KPMG, paid or payable for the period, plus VAT, determined in accordance with the accrual principle.
Item | 1 January – 31 December 2019 (PLN 000s) | 1 January – 31 December 2018 (PLN 000s) |
Audit of financial statements | 8,371 | 7,813 |
Other assurance services | 5,148 | 4,814 |
Total | 13,519 | 12,627 |
On 18 February 2014, the PZU Supervisory Board selected KPMG Audyt with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Inflancka 4A, 00-189 Warsaw, entered by the National Chamber of Statutory Auditors in the list of audit firms under no. 3546 as an entity auditing financial statements for the years 2014-2016, and on 27 April 2017, the PZU Supervisory Board exercised the option of extending this cooperation to include the years 2017-2018. On 23 May 2019, after KNF gave a permit to PZU to extend for another two years the maximum period for the engagement for KPMG Audyt to audit PZU’s standalone and consolidated financial statements, the PZU Supervisory Board made the decision to select KPMG Audyt again as the audit firm to audit the 2019-2020 financial statements.