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Auditor's remuneration (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Additional information [abstract]  
Schedule of auditor's remuneration
202020192018
$m$m$m
Audit fees payable to PwC92.985.286.6
Other audit fees payable1.00.90.9
Year ended 31 Dec
93.986.187.5
Fees payable by HSBC to PwC
202020192018
Footnotes
$m$m$m
Fees for HSBC Holdings’ statutory audit
1
21.9 15.7 16.4 
Fees for other services provided to HSBC
108.3 95.0 103.1 
– audit of HSBC’s subsidiaries71.0 69.5 70.2 
– audit-related assurance services
2
17.2 10.0 11.4 
– other assurance services3,420.1 12.2 13.5 
– taxation compliance services 1.6 1.4 
– taxation advisory services — 0.1 
– other non-audit services
3
 1.7 6.5 
Year ended 31 Dec130.2 110.7 119.5 
1Fees payable to PwC for the statutory audit of the consolidated financial statements of HSBC and the separate financial statements of HSBC Holdings. They include amounts payable for services relating to the consolidation returns of HSBC Holdings’ subsidiaries, which are clearly identifiable as being in support of the Group audit opinion.
2Including services for assurance and other services that relate to statutory and regulatory filings, including interim reviews.
3Including permitted services relating to attestation reports on internal controls of a service organisation primarily prepared for and used by third party end user, including comfort letters.
4Includes reviews of PRA regulatory reporting returns in 2020.
Schedule of fees payable by HSBC's associated pension schemes to PwC
Fees payable by HSBC’s associated pension schemes to PwC
202020192018
$000$000$000
Audit of HSBC’s associated pension schemes
316 250 172 
Year ended 31 Dec
316 250 172