2017/2018
EUR 1,000

 

2016/2017
EUR 1,000

Taxes

 

8,376.8

 

8,125.5

External services

 

52,460.3

 

52,032.2

Travel expenses

 

8,803.5

 

8,512.3

Insurance premiums

 

5,059.6

 

4,856.9

Postage and telecommunication

 

5,549.6

 

5,647.7

Rental and leasing expenses

 

7,864.8

 

7,804.6

Impairment of receivables

 

1,402.6

 

1,305.2

Allocation to allowances for doubtful receivables

 

486.2

 

4,005.4

Vehicle expense

 

18,890.0

 

18,080.7

Losses from the disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment

 

3,418.4

 

5,099.6

Repairs

 

23,947.7

 

22,675.7

Other expenses

 

29,523.1

 

27,239.3

 

 

165,782.6

 

165,385.1

Taxes mainly include property tax, dumpsite levy and electricity levy, as well as the Austrian landfill tax. The fees charged by the Group auditor, KPMG Austria GmbH, for auditing services and other assurance services provided for the companies of the Energie AG Oberösterreich Group amount to EUR 693.0 thousand (previous year: EUR 665.6 thousand). In addition, the Group auditor provided other consulting services for the Energie AG Oberösterreich Group totalling EUR 107.0 thousand (previous year: EUR 103.0 thousand). In the 2017/2018 fiscal year, the fees charged by foreign members of the KPMG network for audit services amount to EUR 24.1 thousand. In addition to this, other members of the KPMG network in Austria and other countries performed approved tax advisory or measurement services and other consultancy services as stipulated in Article 5 Section 3 EU Regulation for the audited company and companies in EU member states controlled by it. These services only had indirect effects on the present consolidated financial statements. The professional fees invoiced for services rendered in fiscal year 2017/18 amount to EUR 291.0 thousand.