18. Other Receivables

The other receivables were comprised as follows:

Other Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 31, 2017

 

Dec. 31, 2018

 

 

Total

 

Of which current

 

Total

 

Of which current

 

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

1 The line items were added as of January 1, 2018, during the first-time adoption of IFRS 15. See note 2 for additional information.

Other tax receivables

 

189

 

182

 

174

 

166

Deferred charges

 

64

 

58

 

74

 

70

Contract assets1

 

 

 

52

 

52

Reimbursement claims

 

2

 

2

 

 

Net defined benefit asset

 

2

 

 

1

 

Receivables from employees

 

2

 

2

 

6

 

6

Miscellaneous receivables

 

57

 

37

 

71

 

52

Total

 

316

 

281

 

378

 

346

The miscellaneous receivables included an advance payment of €12 million (previous year: €17 million), which is offset against monthly purchases. Other receivables included €35 million (previous year: €34 million) in financial receivables. The impairment losses calculated for financial receivables as of the reporting date are immaterial. In the previous year, €1 million of the financial receivables were overdue. These were less than 90 days past due.

Further information on contract assets is given in note 6.