2018/2019
EUR 1,000

 

2017/2018
EUR 1,000

Taxes

 

8,084.9

 

8,376.8

External services

 

54,193.6

 

52,460.3

Travel expenses

 

8,977.5

 

8,803.5

Insurance premiums

 

5,570.4

 

5,059.6

Postage and telecommunication

 

5,843.0

 

5,549.6

Rental and leasing expenses

 

8,035.6

 

7,864.8

Impairment of receivables

 

495.1

 

1,402.6

Allocation of allowances and expected losses to receivables

 

840.4

 

486.2

Vehicle expense

 

18,997.5

 

18,890.0

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

 

4,183.2

 

3,418.4

Repairs

 

25,354.3

 

23,947.7

Other expenses

 

33,520.1

 

29,523.1

 

 

174,095.6

 

165,782.6

Taxes mainly include property tax, dumpsite levy and electricity levy, as well as the Austrian landfill tax. The expenses incurred for the Group auditor, KPMG Austria GmbH, for auditing services and other accounting services provided to the companies of the Energie AG Oberösterreich Group amount to EUR 657.9 thousand (previous year: EUR 693.0 thousand). In addition, the Group auditor provided other consulting services for the Energie AG Oberösterreich Group totalling EUR 153.5 thousand (previous year: EUR 107.0 thousand).