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Annual report and accounts 2005

4 Profit before taxation

Rolls-Royce
  2005
£m
2004
£m
After crediting
Risk and revenue sharing partnership receipts - credited to other operating income 60 73
Operating lease rentals receivable - credited within revenues from aftermarket services 39 37

After charging
Amortisation of certification costs 9 15
Amortisation of development costs 13 17
Amortisation of recoverable engine costs 32 26
Depreciation of owned property, plant and equipment1 192 230
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment held under finance leases1 8 12
Operating lease rentals payable - hire of plant and equipment 58 55
Operating lease rentals payable - hire of other assets 19 17
Research and development expenditure 282 288
RRSP payments - included in cost of sales 146 240
  1. Including appropriate amounts charged to inventories.
Auditors' fees were as follows during the year:
Audit 2005 - Group £3.4m (2004 £3.2m)
Other 2005 - United Kingdom £1.1m (2004 £0.9m)
  - Rest of World £0.5m (2004 £0.6m)
Other fees paid to the auditors comprise:
Taxation £0.5m (2004 £0.7m)
Accounting £1.1m (2004 £0.7m)
Mergers and acquisitions £nil (2004 £0.1m)

Accounting fees in 2005 include £0.9m for IFRS implementation (2004 £0.5m).