Part of the Consolidated Financial Statements as of 31 December 2007, which were audited by KPMG Deutsche Treuhand AG.

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[9] General and Administrative Expenses

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The following are the components of general and administrative expenses.

in € m.	2007	2006
General and administrative expenses:
IT costs	1,867	1,585
Occupancy, furniture and equipment expenses	1,347	1,198
Professional service fees	1,257	1,203
Communication and data services	680	634
Travel and representation expenses	539	503
Payment, clearing and custodian services	437	431
Marketing expenses	411	365
Other expenses	1,416	1,150
Total general and administrative expenses	7,954	7,069

Other expenses include, among other things, regulatory, tax and insurance related costs, operational losses and other non-compensation staff related expenses (e.g., for training, cafeteria services and others). The increase of other expenses was mainly driven by acquisitions related expenses and by certain consolidated investments.

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