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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) as of
December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibil-
ity is to express an opinion on these financial statements
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 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. at December 31, 2006
and 2005, and the consolidated results of its operations and
its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
the effectiveness of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.’s internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, 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 26, 2007
expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
P
Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 26, 2007
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Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 2006 Annual Report