26 Other operating expenses
millions of € |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
Impairment losses on financial assets, contract assets, and lease assets |
1,149 |
1,235 |
637 |
Gains (losses) from the write-off of financial assets measured at amortized cost |
14 |
24 |
122 |
Other |
3,856 |
5,124 |
3,502 |
Of which: legal and audit fees |
459 |
784 |
615 |
Of which: losses from asset disposals |
270 |
356 |
267 |
Of which: income (losses) from the measurement of factoring receivables |
0 |
2 |
4 |
Of which: other taxes |
586 |
584 |
496 |
Of which: cash and guarantee transaction costs |
595 |
622 |
547 |
Of which: insurance expenses |
181 |
169 |
138 |
Of which: miscellaneous other operating expenses |
1,764 |
2,606 |
1,434 |
Of which: losses resulting from deconsolidations and from the sale of stakes accounted for using the equity method |
4 |
0 |
70 |
|
5,019 |
6,383 |
4,261 |
Expenses for legal and audit fees in the prior year included, among others, expenses in connection with the proceedings brought in consequence of the cyberattack on T‑Mobile US in August 2021. Miscellaneous other operating expenses include expenses of EUR 0.6 billion for data storage in data centers, in cloud applications, or other IT services, and of EUR 0.4 billion for regulatory duties in the United States. Miscellaneous other operating expenses in the prior year included expenses of EUR 0.7 billion in connection with the payment obligations entered into in that period under the agreement to sell the U.S. Wireline Business.