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43
PART II
ITEM8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Report of Independent Registered Public AccountingFirm
TheBoardofDirectorsandStockholdersofGoogleInc.
WehaveauditedtheaccompanyingconsolidatedbalancesheetsofGoogleInc.asofDecember31,2012and2013,andthe
relatedconsolidatedstatementsofincome,comprehensiveincome,stockholders’equity,andcashowsforeachofthethree
yearsintheperiodendedDecember31,2013.OurauditsalsoincludedthenancialstatementschedulelistedintheIndexat
Item15(a)2.ThesenancialstatementsandschedulearetheresponsibilityoftheCompany’smanagement.Ourresponsibilityis
toexpressanopiniononthesenancial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nancialstatements
arefreeofmaterialmisstatement.Anauditincludesexamining,onatestbasis,evidencesupportingtheamountsanddisclosures
inthenancialstatements.Anauditalsoincludesassessingtheaccountingprinciplesusedandsignicantestimatesmadeby
management,aswellasevaluatingtheoverallnancialstatementpresentation.Webelievethatourauditsprovideareasonable
basisforouropinion.
Inouropinion,thenancialstatementsreferredtoabovepresentfairly,inallmaterialrespects,theconsolidatednancialposition
ofGoogleInc.asofDecember31,2012and2013,andtheconsolidatedresultsofitsoperationsanditscashowsforeachof
thethreeyearsintheperiodendedDecember31,2013,inconformitywithU.S.generallyacceptedaccountingprinciples.Also,
inouropinion,therelatednancialstatementschedule,whenconsideredinrelationtothebasicnancial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),Google
Inc.’sinternalcontrolovernancialreportingasofDecember31,2013,basedoncriteriaestablishedinInternal Control—Integrated
FrameworkissuedbytheCommitteeofSponsoringOrganizationsoftheTreadwayCommission(1992framework)andourreport
datedFebruary11,2014expressedanunqualiedopinionthereon.
/s/ERNST&YOUNGLLP
SanJose,California
February11,2014
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