Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
Wells Fargo & Company:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements noted below on Forms S-3, S-4 and S-8 of Wells Fargo & Company (the “Company”), of our reports dated February 23, 2005, with respect to: (a) the consolidated balance sheet of Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004; and (b) management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004; which reports appear in the Company’s December 31, 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our report on the aforementioned consolidated financial statements refers to a change in the method of accounting for goodwill in 2002.
| Registration | ||||
| Statement Number | Form | Description | ||
| 333-76330 | S-3 | Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Contractors | ||
| 333-103711 | S-3 | Universal Shelf 2003 | ||
| 333-105939 | S-3 | Convertible Debentures | ||
| 333-113573 | S-3 | Wells Fargo Direct Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan | ||
| 333-114775 | S-3 | Universal Shelf 2004 | ||
| 333-68512 | S-4 | Acquisition Registration Statement | ||
| 333-115993 | S-4 | Acquisition Registration Statement | ||
| 333-121545 | S-4 | First Community Capital Corporation | ||
| 333-83604 | S-4/S-8 | Tejas Bancshares, Inc. | ||
| 033-57904 | S-4/S-8 | Financial Concepts Bancorp, Inc. | ||
| 333-63247 | S-4/S-8 | Former Wells Fargo & Company | ||
| 333-37862 | S-4/S-8 | First Security Corporation | ||
| 333-45384 | S-4/S-8 | Brenton Banks, Inc. | ||
| 333-107230 | S-4/S-8 | Pacific Northwest Bancorp | ||
| 333-12423 | S-8 | Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan | ||
| 333-62877 | S-8 | Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan | ||
| 333-103776 | S-8 | Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan | ||
| 333-50789 | S-8 | PartnerShares Plan | ||
| 333-74655 | S-8 | PartnerShares Plan | ||
| 333-103777 | S-8 | PartnerShares Plan | ||
| 333-107229 | S-8 | 401(k) Plan | ||
| 333-105091 | S-8 | Directors Stock Compensation and Deferral Plan | ||
| 333-52600 | S-8 | Wells Fargo Financial Thrift and Profit Sharing Plan | ||
| 333-54354 | S-8 | Deferred Compensation Plan | ||
| 333-115994 | S-8 | Deferred Compensation Plan | ||
| 333-101739 | S-8 | Wells Fargo Stock Purchase Plan |
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
March 17, 2005
