Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu · New York, NY United States

This company is "deloitted" to make your acquaintance, particularly if you're a big business in need of accounting services. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (dba Deloitte) is one of accounting's Big Four, along with Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Deloitte operates through four business lines -- audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services. In addition to audit and fiscal oversight services, Deloitte firms provide human resources and technology services. The group comprises some 150 independent firms in about 140 countries. Units include Deloitte & Touche (the US accounting arm) and Deloitte Consulting. Consulting and tax each account for about a quarter of Deloitte's revenues. To read the full description, subscribe now.

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