13. Other Current Assets

Audited information

Other current assets include the following:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2019

 

31.12.2018

Other receivables

 

275

 

248

Current financial assets

 

64

 

66

Prepaid expenses and accrued income

 

62

 

52

Total

 

401

 

366

Reclassified to held for sale (see )

 

–64

 

Total as reported in the balance sheet

 

337

 

366

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 2019 and 2018.

Other receivables are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2019

 

31.12.2018

CHF

 

14

 

11

EUR

 

84

 

92

USD

 

12

 

13

JPY

 

3

 

3

BRL

 

28

 

17

CNY

 

11

 

11

INR

 

37

 

32

Other

 

86

 

69

Total

 

275

 

248

Thereof reclassified to held for sale

 

61

 

Current financial assets are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2019

 

31.12.2018

CHF

 

41

 

38

USD

 

6

 

11

CNY

 

16

 

15

EUR

 

 

1

Other

 

1

 

1

Total

 

64

 

66

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

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