Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
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KPMG LLP served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. The following table presents fees for professional services rendered by KPMG LLP to us and our subsidiaries during 2013 and 2012.
| For the Years Ended December 31, | |||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | ||||||
| Audit Fees(1) | $ | 2,618,243 | $ | 2,738,686 | |||
| Audit Related Fees(2) | 162,916 | 195,052 | |||||
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| Total Audit and Audit Related Fees | 2,781,159 | 2,933,738 | |||||
| Tax Fees(3) | 946,697 | 1,525,644 | |||||
| All Other Fees | — | — | |||||
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| Total Fees | $ | 3,727,856 | $ | 4,459,382 | |||
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(1)
Consists of fees paid by us for the audit of our and our subsidiaries' consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, review of our unaudited financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and fees in connection with the audit of our internal control over financial reporting and statutory audits of our foreign subsidiaries.
(2)
Consists of fees for the audit of financial statements and certain fees for other services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with registration statement filings, issuance of consents, compliance with XBRL tagging and professional consultations with respect to accounting issues.
(3)
Consists of fees for tax consultation and tax compliance services.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Process
The Audit Committee is responsible for appointing, setting compensation, retaining and overseeing the work of our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has established a process regarding pre-approval of all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm.
Requests are submitted to the Audit Committee in one of the following ways:
Request for approval of services at a meeting of the Audit Committee; or
Request for approval of services by members of the Audit Committee acting by written consent.
The request may be made with respect to either specific services or a type of service for predictable or recurring services. All of the fees paid by us to KPMG LLP for services rendered in 2013 and 2012 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
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