12. Other Current Assets

Audited information

Other current assets include the following:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2017

 

31.12.2016

Other receivables

 

264

 

238

Current financial assets

 

62

 

47

Prepaid expenses and accrued income

 

62

 

59

Total

 

388

 

344

Other receivables include, among others, staff loans and advances, VAT and sales tax receivables.

Other receivables are recognized at amortized cost in the balance sheet.

Current financial assets are mainly made up of notes receivables and short-term loans. These are classified as loans and receivables and recognized at amortized cost in the balance sheet.

The book value of current financial assets, recognized at amortized cost, equals their fair value.

There was no impairment of current financial assets in 2017 and 2016.

Other receivables are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2017

 

31.12.2016

CHF

 

26

 

34

EUR

 

93

 

70

USD

 

15

 

14

JPY

 

4

 

17

BRL

 

24

 

23

CNY

 

21

 

10

INR

 

19

 

9

Other

 

62

 

61

Total

 

264

 

238

Current financial assets are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2017

 

31.12.2016

CHF

 

32

 

29

USD

 

12

 

11

CNY

 

16

 

6

EUR

 

2

 

1

Total

 

62

 

47

The maximum exposure to credit risk of other current assets at the reporting date is their fair value.

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