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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 |
| 1) |
Prior-period amount adjusted, see |
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.