EX-99.(14)(B) 5 d229876dex9914b.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form N-14 of Columbia Funds Series Trust of our reports dated as listed in Appendix A, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights, which appear in the Annual Reports on Form N-CSR of the funds indicated in Appendix A for the years ended as listed in Appendix A. We also consent to the references to us under the headings “Financial Highlights”, “Independent Registered Public Accountant”, and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota

October 1, 2021


Appendix A

Columbia Funds Series Trust

 

Fund

   Year End      Report
Date
 

Columbia Overseas Value Fund

     2/28/2021        4/22/2021  

Columbia Select Mid Cap Value Fund

     2/28/2021        4/22/2021  

Columbia Small Cap Value Fund II

     2/28/2021        4/22/2021  

Columbia Short Term Bond Fund

     3/31/2021        5/20/2021  

Columbia Short Term Municipal Bond Fund

     4/30/2021        6/22/2021  

 

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