Fidelity National Information Services Inc
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 13, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Feb 13, 2025
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on the Consolidated Financial Statements
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.:
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of earnings (loss), comprehensive earnings (loss), equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2024, 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) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated February 13, 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Sale of Worldpay Merchant Business
As discussed in Notes 1 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company completed the sale of a 55% equity interest in their Worldpay Merchant Solutions business to private equity funds managed by GTCR, LLC on January 31, 2024.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Sufficiency of audit evidence over revenue
As disclosed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s revenue consists of the following types of revenue streams: i) transaction processing and services, ii) software maintenance, iii) software license, iv) professional services, and v) other recurring and non-recurring fees.
We identified the sufficiency of audit evidence over revenue as a critical audit matter. Evaluating the sufficiency of audit evidence required subjective auditor judgment because of the number of revenue streams, related revenue recognition processes, and the number of information technology (IT) applications utilized in the revenue recognition process to capture and aggregate the data.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. Based on our knowledge of the Company, we applied auditor judgment to determine the nature and extent of procedures to be performed over revenue. Specifically, we:
evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls within relevant revenue recognition processes, including general IT controls and IT application controls
involved IT professionals, who assisted in the identification and testing of certain IT systems and related controls that are used by the Company in its revenue recognition process
selected certain individual contracts and read the underlying contract and other documents that were part of the contract for each selection and evaluated the consistency of the revenue recognition determinations with the Company’s accounting policies and revenue recognition requirements
assessed the recorded revenue by selecting a sample of transactions and comparing the amounts recognized for consistency with the Company’s accounting policies and underlying documentation, including contracts with customers and other relevant and reliable third-party data
performed a software-assisted data analysis to test relationships among certain revenue transactions. For a selection of transactions, we compared the amounts recognized by the Company with underlying documentation, including contracts with customers and cash receipts.
We evaluated the sufficiency of the audit evidence obtained by assessing the results of procedures performed over revenue.
Evaluation of the accounting for income taxes
As discussed in Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2024 was $362 million. The Company has deferred tax liabilities, net of $849 million (including a valuation allowance of $505 million) as of December 31, 2024. The Company has international operations and is subject to the tax laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions.
We identified the evaluation of the Company’s accounting for income taxes as a critical audit matter. Challenging auditor judgment, and the involvement of tax professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, was required to evaluate the Company’s interpretation and application of income tax regulations in certain foreign jurisdictions and the accounting for income taxes attributable to an internal legal entity restructuring.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the Company’s income tax process. This included certain controls related to the Company’s interpretation and application of foreign tax regulations and the accounting for income taxes attributable to an internal legal entity restructuring. We involved tax professionals with specialized skills and knowledge in certain tax jurisdictions, who assisted in:
assessing the Company’s organization chart, correspondence and agreements with certain tax authorities, intercompany documentation, and correspondence with third parties
evaluating the Company’s interpretation and application of foreign jurisdictional tax regulations and the impact of these regulations on the Company’s tax positions related to an internal legal entity restructuring
evaluating the Company’s accounting for income taxes attributable to an internal legal entity restructuring.
Sufficiency of audit evidence over the Sale of the Worldpay Merchant Solutions business
As discussed in Notes 1 and 3 to the consolidated financial statements, on January 31, 2024, the Company completed the sale (Worldpay Sale) of a 55% equity interest in its Worldpay Merchant Solutions business (the Disposal Group) to private equity funds managed by GTCR, LLC. The assets and liabilities of the Disposal Group were deconsolidated, and the retained 45% equity interest is accounted for as an equity method investment. The Company recorded a $3,858 million equity method investment as of December 31, 2024, and a $578 million loss on the sale for the year ended December 31, 2024. The results of the Disposal Group's operations prior to the sale were presented as discontinued operations.
We identified the sufficiency of audit evidence over the deconsolidation of the Worldpay Merchant Solutions business and the recognition of the equity method investment as a critical audit matter. Evaluating the sufficiency of audit evidence required subjective auditor judgment due to the manual process and volume of financial information used to deconsolidate the Disposal Group’s financial information from the continuing operations of the Company and recognize the retained equity interest in the equity method investment.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We applied auditor judgment to determine the nature and extent of procedures to be performed over the deconsolidation and recognition of the equity method investment. Specifically, we:
evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the Company's deconsolidation of the Disposal Group and recognition of the retained equity interest, including controls over the amounts disclosed
obtained and read the purchase and sale agreement for the Worldpay Sale and compared the terms of that agreement to the identification of the assets and liabilities included in the Disposal Group
assessed the Company's manual process to deconsolidate certain assets and liabilities of the Disposal Group by testing completeness and accuracy of certain accounting data and schedules of the Company used to deconsolidate the Disposal Group’s financial information from the continuing operations of the Company
assessed the Company's manual process to recognize the retained equity interest by agreeing certain inputs to third party documentation and testing the completeness and accuracy of certain accounting data and schedules.
We evaluated the sufficiency of audit evidence obtained by assessing the results of procedures performed, including the appropriateness of the nature and extent of audit effort.
/s/ KPMG LLP
We have served as the Company's auditor since 2004.
Jacksonville, Florida
February 13, 2025
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