35 Receivables and other current assets

Following the revision of the chart of accounts, the derivatives (2008: €475 million; 1 January 2008: €52 million), lease receivables (2008: €25 million; 1 January 2008: €17 million), other financial assets (2008: €124 million; 1 January 2008: €39 million) and rental deposits (2008: €10 million; 1 January 2008: €22 million) previously accounted for under this item were reclassified into current financial assets.

 
€m
  1 Jan. 2008
adjusted1)
2008
adjusted1)
2009
Trade receivables 6,377 5,591 4,881
Prepaid expenses 1,038 676 620
Deferred revenue 558 462 472
Current tax receivables 461 450 386
Income from cost absorption 83 71 65
Creditors with debit balances 63 51 52
Receivables from sales of assets 196 56 44
Receivables from Group companies 53 34 28
Receivables from employees 30 28 26
Receivables from loss compensation
(recourse claims)
19 17 19
Receivables from cash-on-delivery 18 15 18
Receivables from insurance business 32 37
15
Receivables from private postal
agencies
7 13 9
Miscellaneous other assets 741 580 522
Receivables and other current assets 9,676 8,081 7,157

Of the tax receivables, €307 million (previous year: €341 million) relates to VAT, €34 million (previous year: €43 million) to customs and duties and €45 million (previous year: €66 million) to other tax receivables. Miscellaneous other assets include a large number of individual items.

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