12. Other Current Assets

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Other current assets include the following:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2018

 

31.12.2017

Other receivables

 

248

 

264

Current financial assets

 

66

 

62

Prepaid expenses and accrued income

 

52

 

62

Total

 

366

 

388

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

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 recognized at amortized cost in the balance sheet. The book value of current financial assets equals their fair value.

Other receivables and other current financial assets are also subject to the impairment requirements of  9. The identified impairment loss for other receivables was immaterial.

There was no impairment of current financial assets in 2018 and 2017.

Other receivables are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2018

 

31.12.2017

CHF

 

11

 

26

EUR

 

92

 

93

USD

 

13

 

15

JPY

 

3

 

4

BRL

 

17

 

24

CNY

 

11

 

21

INR

 

32

 

19

Other

 

69

 

62

Total

 

248

 

264

Current financial assets are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2018

 

31.12.2017

CHF

 

38

 

32

USD

 

11

 

12

CNY

 

15

 

16

EUR

 

1

 

2

Other

 

1

 

Total

 

66

 

62

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

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