31. Other Assets

Other Assets

in € thousand

 

31.12.2016

 

31.12.2015

Current tax credit

 

12,513

 

13,046

Payments on account

 

4,434

 

4,868

Other

 

22,930

 

10,901

 

 

39,877

 

28,815

Current tax credits were lower than in the previous year. This was largely because tax receivables were down.

Payments on account relate among other things to prepayments of € 772 thousand (previous year: € 2,443 thousand) for flood protection work.

Other assets include receivables of € 14,489 thousand from a leasing company resulting from an agreement being changed from a finance lease to an operating lease.

Value Added

Production value – intermediate inputs (cost of materials, depreciation and amortisation, and other operating expenses); the value added generated is shared between the HHLA Group’s stakeholders, such as employees, shareholders, lenders and the local community.