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36 Equifax 2012 Annual Report
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Equifax Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Equifax Inc. as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related
consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash
flows, and shareholders’ equity and other comprehensive income for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012. Our
audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the
Index at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are
the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule
based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
Equifax Inc. at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated
results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the
related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to
the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Equifax Inc.’s
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012,
based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of
the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 22, 2013
expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Atlanta, Georgia
February 22, 2013
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM