PricewaterhouseCoopers is the world's largest professional services
organisation. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 120,000
people in 139 countries, we build relationships by providing services
based on quality and integrity.
"PricewaterhouseCoopers" refers to the network of member
firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which
is a separate and independent legal entity.
History
PwC in Bosnia & Herzegovina
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History
PricewaterhouseCoopers was created by the merger of two firms -
Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand - each with historical
roots going back some 150 years. Set out below are some key milestones
in the history of both firms.
1849 : Samuel Lowell Price sets up in business in London
1854 : William Cooper establishes his own practice in London,
which seven years later becomes Cooper Brothers
1865 : Price, Holyland and Waterhouse join forces in partnership
1874 : Name changes to Price, Waterhouse & Co.
1898 : Robert H. Montgomery, William M. Lybrand, Adam A.
Ross Jr. and his brother T. Edward Ross form Lybrand, Ross Brothers
and Montgomery
1921 : Both Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand open
up an office in Brussels
1957 : Cooper Brothers & Co (UK), McDonald, Currie and
Co (Canada) and Lybrand, Ross Bros & Montgomery (US) merge to
form Coopers & Lybrand
1982 : Price Waterhouse World Firm formed
1990 : Coopers & Lybrand and Deloitte Haskins & Sells
merged in a number of countries around the world, including Belgium
1998 : Worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers &
Lybrand to create PricewaterhouseCoopers
PwC in Bosnia & Herzegovina
PricewaterhouseCoopers has been in Bosnia and Herzegovina since
1998, serving Bosnian and other leading clients. Our office in Sarajevo
was founded at the end of 2003.
We provide Audit and Assurance Services, Advisory Services and Tax services
to local clients and foreign investors. Our staff is able to offer
you, the client, practice-proven and effective solutions to whatever
issues or problems you bring to us. With our local knowledge and
international skill set as well as our broad industrial and service
experience, we can help you gain the competitive advantage you seek.
The way we select and train our staff, the methods we use to leverage
our international know-how, our in-depth knowledge of the local
economic situation, and our proactive relationships with our clients
together ensure that we achieve our goal: to help you, the client,
do business better, more efficiently, and more profitably.
Our staff have conducted successful audits of a significant number
of companies, banks and other financial institutions, and we possesses
a thorough understanding of Bosnian Accounting Standards, legislation,
and other regulations. And, in addition to having considerable experience
serving international clients-across a wide range of industries
and commercial activities-we also possess detailed knowledge of
International Accounting Standards.
