31. Other Assets

Other Assets

in € thousand

 

31.12.2017

 

31.12.2016

Current tax credit

 

15,699

 

12,513

Payments on account

 

3,130

 

4,434

Other

 

7,999

 

22,930

 

 

26,828

 

39,877

Current tax credits were higher than in the previous year. This was largely because tax receivables were up.

In the previous year, other assets included 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.