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      KPMG Impact



      Our impact report covers the activities of KPMG Australia, KPMG Papua New Guinea (PNG) and KPMG Fiji for the financial year to 30 June 2024, unless otherwise stated. It should be read in conjunction with KPMG International's Our Impact Plan (PDF 4.5MB), published in April 2024.

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      FAQs

      In 1987, Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler merged their respective member firms to form KPMG:

      K = Klynveld
      Piet Klynveld founded the accounting firm Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co in Amsterdam in 1917.

      P = Peat
      William Barclay Peat took charge of an accounting firm in London in 1891 and renamed it W.B. Peat & Co.

      M = Marwick
      James Marwick established the accounting firm Marwick Mitchell & Co in New York City in 1897.

      G = Goerdeler
      Dr Reinhard Goerdeler was the first president of the International Federation of Accountants and a chairman of KPMG. He was instrumental in the formation of Klynveld Main Goerdeler, a key precursor of today’s KPMG.

      KPMG Australia can trace its origins back to 1895 when Frederick J. Smith opened an accounting practice in Sydney.

      FJ Smith’s firm became part of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co in 1949, which in turn became KPMG Peat Marwick in 1990.

      In 1998, KPMG in Australia united its various state and regional affiliates to form a national network