Thanks to Sarbanes-Oxley and emerging best practice, there is now more uniformity in the way audit, audit-related and non-audit fees are reported. This, our tenth audit fees survey, is published three months earlier than normal. Our audit fees data comes courtesy of Manifest, the independent proxy governance and research support organisation.

As a result, the classification system we use this year breaks with that of our recent surveys, but better reflects the emerging consensus. Here's some highlights:

Click here to download the 2006 audit fees survey.

For previous audit fees surveys, click on the relevent links below. 

2005
2004

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