|
|
| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
€m |
2006 |
2007 | ||
|
Public relations expenses |
594 |
586 | ||
|
Travel and training costs |
479 |
524 | ||
|
Legal, consulting and audit costs |
498 |
516 | ||
|
Other business taxes |
300 |
384 | ||
|
Warranty expenses, refunds and compensation payments |
306 |
363 | ||
|
Allowance for losses on loans and advances from financial services (Deutsche Postbank Group) |
337 |
338 | ||
|
Telecommunication costs |
312 |
328 | ||
|
Cost of purchased cleaning, transportation and security services |
254 |
305 | ||
|
Expenses from currency translation differences |
272 |
266 | ||
|
Office supplies |
239 |
257 | ||
|
Write-downs of current assets |
253 |
227 | ||
|
Entertainment and corporate hospitality expenses |
159 |
181 | ||
|
Cost of asset disposal |
142 |
167 | ||
|
Insurance costs |
128 |
139 | ||
|
Commissions paid |
64 |
136 | ||
|
Voluntary social benefits |
110 |
129 | ||
|
Services provided by the |
79 |
76 | ||
|
Contributions and fees |
41 |
50 | ||
|
Other property-related expenses |
56 |
35 | ||
|
Monetary transaction costs |
29 |
34 | ||
|
Prior-period other operating expenses |
18 |
32 | ||
|
Donations |
13 |
17 | ||
|
Expenses from non-hedging derivatives |
30 |
4 | ||
|
Expenses from arbitration proceedings |
10 |
0 | ||
|
Miscellaneous |
35 |
99 | ||
|
Other operating expenses |
4,758 |
5,193 | ||
The allowance for losses on loans and advances from financial services (Deutsche Postbank Group) includes a number of non-recurring effects (see Note 3).
Other operating expenses amounting to €26 million relate to TSO, which was consolidated for the first time in 2007. Miscellaneous other operating expenses include a number of individual items.
Taxes other than income taxes are either recognised under the related expense item or, if no specific allocation is possible, under other operating expenses. The rise in other business taxes was attributable to an increase in additions to provisions recognised by Deutsche Post AG.
