Exhibit 15.1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
September 3, 2008
The Home Depot, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
We acknowledge our awareness of the incorporation by reference of our report dated September 3, 2008, included within the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Home Depot, Inc. for the three-month and six-month periods ended August 3, 2008, in the following Registration Statements:
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Description |
| Statement Number |
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Form S-3 |
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Depot Direct stock purchase program |
| 333-131799 |
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Debt securities |
| 333-135280 |
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Form S-8 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. Non-U.S. Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
| 033-58807 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. 1997 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan |
| 333-61733 |
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The Home Depot Canada Registered Retirement Savings Plan |
| 333-38946 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. Restated and Amended Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
| 333-110423 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. Restated and Amended Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
| 333-151849 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option and Deferred Stock Units Plan and Agreement |
| 333-56722 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. Deferred Stock Units Plan and Agreement |
| 333-62316 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. Deferred Stock Units Plan and Agreement |
| 333-62318 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. Deferred Stock Units Plan and Agreement |
| 333-72016 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan |
| 333-125331 |
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The Home Depot, Inc. 2005 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan |
| 333-153171 |
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The Home Depot FutureBuilder and The Home Depot FutureBuilder for Puerto Rico |
| 333-125332 |
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Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (“the Act”), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm, or a report prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
/s/ KPMG, LLP |
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Atlanta, Georgia |
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