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Principal Accountant Fees and Services
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Principal Accountant Fees and Services  
Principal Accountant Fees and Services

(G.7) Principal Accountant Fees and Services

At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on May 20, 2020, our shareholders elected KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (KPMG) as SAP’s independent auditor for 2020. KPMG has been the Company’s principal auditor since the fiscal year 2002. KPMG and other firms in the global KPMG network charged the following fees to SAP for audit and other professional services related to 2020 and the previous years:

€ millions

2020

2019

2018

    

KPMG AG

    

Foreign

    

Total

    

KPMG AG

    

Foreign

    

Total

    

KPMG AG

    

Foreign

    

Total

(Germany)

KPMG Firms

(Germany)

KPMG Firms

(Germany)

KPMG Firms

Audit fees

 

3

 

9

 

12

 

3

 

7

 

10

 

3

 

6

 

9

Audit-related fees

 

0

 

1

 

2

 

0

 

1

 

1

 

0

 

0

 

0

Tax fees

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

All other fees

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

Total

 

3

 

10

 

14

 

3

 

8

 

10

 

3

 

6

 

9

Audit fees are the aggregate fees charged by KPMG for auditing our consolidated financial statements and the statutory financial statements of SAP SE and its subsidiaries, as well as audit fees regarding the initial public offering of Qualtrics. Audit-related fees are fees charged by KPMG for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit, for service organization attestation procedures, and fees charged by KPMG for services regarding the initial public offering of Qualtrics.