PKF International
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| legal form | Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) |
| founding | 1969 |
| Seat | London |
| management | Christos Antoniou ( Chairman ) |
| Number of employees | 20,000 (FY 2019) |
| sales | 1.5 billion USD (FY 2019) |
| Website | www.pkf.com |
PKF International (formerly known as Pannell Kerr Forster ) is a global network of legally independent companies in the areas of auditing , tax consulting and corporate and management consulting .
With a cumulative annual turnover of around 1.5 billion US dollars worldwide, PKF International employs around 20,000 people worldwide, including 1,700 partners (as of 2019), in 150 countries at over 450 locations under the PKF brand.
history
Pannell Kerr Forster was founded in 1969 by four accounting firms from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States who joined forces to create an international organization.
- Pannell Fitzpatrick & Co, founded in 1869 by William Henry Pannell (UK),
- Harris, Kerr, Forster & Co, founded in 1911 as Harris, Kerr & Co by William Harris & Errol Kerr, and in 1923 as WJ Forster & Co by William Forster (USA),
- Campbell, Sharp, Nash & Field (Canada) and
- Wilson, Bishop, Bowes & Craig (Australia).
At the end of the 1970s, the first German companies joined the international network. In 1980 the member companies decided to use “Pannell Kerr Forster” as their common brand name. This was shortened to PKF in 2000. The member companies are now adopting the name in their home markets or adding a prefix to the existing company name PKF.
PKF in Germany
In Germany, PKF International is represented by PKF Germany, a network of eight legally independent medium-sized auditing and consulting companies. With around 1,400 employees and partners at 33 national locations and a turnover of around 143.8 million euros (fiscal year 2019), PKF is the fourth largest auditing and tax advisory network with independent member companies in Germany.
In addition to auditing and tax advice, the core services include other business advice. All German member companies are shareholders of PKF Deutschland GmbH and regulate the joint cooperation through a cooperation agreement. Two member companies were most recently added in 2011. In January 2019, PKF opened new locations in Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Magdeburg and Meppen.
The member companies of PKF Germany are: PKF Fasselt Schlage Partnerschaft mbB, PKF Industrie- und Verkehrstreuhand GmbH, PKF Issing Faulhaber Wozar Altenbeck GmbH & Co.KG, PKF WMS Bruns-Coppenrath & Partner, PKF Riedel Appel Hornig GmbH, PKF Sozietät Dr. Fischer, PKF Vogt & Partner, PKF WULF & PARTNER.
In 2000, PKF Germany and DEHOGA were responsible for the German adaptation of USALI .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.pkf.de/ueber-uns.html
- ↑ https://www.pkf.de/ueber-uns.html
- ↑ PKF Germany Homepage - About Us
- ↑ PKF Germany Homepage - History , accessed on April 14, 2014.
- ↑ PKF Germany Homepage - About Us
- ↑ Lünendonk List 2020 , accessed on July 17, 2020.
- ↑ PKF Germany Homepage - About Us
- ↑ Börsenzeitung online , accessed on May 5, 2017.
- ↑ PKF member companies in Germany , accessed on January 17, 2019.
- ↑ PKF Germany Homepage - German Network Partners , accessed on January 17, 2019.