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 Other operating expenses
 m 2013
adjusted 1
2014
Expenses for advertising and public relations 341 391
Travel and training costs 316 334
Cost of purchased cleaning and security services 320 319
Insurance costs 272 268
Write-downs of current assets 226 249
Warranty expenses, refunds and compensation
payments 259 245
Telecommunication costs 219 223
Other business taxes 226 219
Oce supplies 180 178
Consulting costs (including tax advice) 177 170
Currency translation expenses 157 170
Entertainment and corporate hospitality expenses 147 151
Services provided by Bundesanstalt für Post
und Telekommunikation (German federal post
andtelecommunications agency) 93 100
Customs clearance-related charges 74 88
Contributions and fees 88 87
Voluntary social benefits 80 80
Commissions paid 70 66
Legal costs 60 61
Losses on disposal of assets 87 56
Expenses from derivatives 20 48
Monetary transaction costs 40 42
Audit costs 33 32
Expenses from prior-period billings 29 24
Donations 20 21
Miscellaneous 329 452
Other operating expenses 3,863 4,074
1 Note .
Taxes other than income taxes are either recognised under the
related expense item or, if no specic allocation is possible, under
other operating expenses.
Miscellaneous other operating expenses include a large num-
ber of smaller individual items.
 Net income from investments accounted for
using the equity method
 m 2013
adjusted 1
2014
Net income from associates 5 5
Net income from joint ventures 0 0
Net income from investments accounted for
using the equity method 5 5
1 Note .
 Net finance costs
 m 2013
adjusted 1
2014
Financial income
Interest income 92 43
Income from other equity investments
and financial assets 14 2
Other financial income 76 29
182 74
Finance costs
Interest expenses –365 –358
of which unwinding of discounts for net
pension provisions and other provisions –187 –221
Other finance costs – 67 – 65
– 432 – 423
Foreign currency result – 43 –39
Net finance costs –293 –388
1 Note .
e – million change in net nance costs to  million is pri-
marily due to interest income from the reversal of a provision for
interest on tax liabilities, as included in the prior-year gure.
Net nance costs include interest income of  million (pre-
vious year:  million) as well as interest expenses of  million
(previous year:  million). ese result from nancial assets
and liabilities that were not measured at fair value through prot
or loss.
Information on the unwinding of discounted net pension
provisions can be found in Note ..
 Income taxes
 m
2013 2014
Current income tax expense – 604 – 604
Current recoverable income tax 198 56
– 406 – 548
Deferred tax expense from temporary differences –87 – 53
Deferred tax income from tax loss carryforwards 132 201
45 148
Income taxes –361 – 400
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Consolidated Financial Statements — NOTES — Income statement disclosures