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13. Other Current Assets

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Other current assets include the following:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2020

 

31.12.2019

Other receivables

 

255

 

275

Current financial assets

 

51

 

64

Prepaid expenses and accrued income

 

41

 

62

Total

 

347

 

401

Reclassified to held for sale (see )

 

–35

 

–64

Total as reported in the balance sheet

 

312

 

337

Other receivables include, among others, staff loans, deposits, 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 receivable 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 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 2020 and 2019.

Other receivables are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2020

 

31.12.2019

CHF

 

16

 

14

EUR

 

74

 

84

USD

 

8

 

12

JPY

 

3

 

3

BRL

 

20

 

28

CNY

 

16

 

11

INR

 

34

 

37

Other

 

84

 

86

Total

 

255

 

275

Thereof reclassified to held for sale

 

33

 

61

Current financial assets are denominated in the following currencies:

in CHF m

 

31.12.2020

 

31.12.2019

CHF

 

29

 

41

USD

 

5

 

6

CNY

 

17

 

16

Other

 

 

1

Total

 

51

 

64

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

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