| 
            
  | 
            2020/2021  | 
            
  | 
            2019/2020  | 
        
|---|---|---|---|---|
Taxes  | 
            
  | 
            7,862.9  | 
            
  | 
            8,281.3  | 
        
External services  | 
            
  | 
            51,510.5  | 
            
  | 
            49,175.3  | 
        
Travel expenses  | 
            
  | 
            7,693.9  | 
            
  | 
            8,091.5  | 
        
Insurance premiums  | 
            
  | 
            7,278.5  | 
            
  | 
            5,993.3  | 
        
Postage and telecommunication  | 
            
  | 
            5,995.0  | 
            
  | 
            5,613.0  | 
        
Rental and leasing expenses  | 
            
  | 
            1,683.1  | 
            
  | 
            3,561.0  | 
        
Impairment of receivables  | 
            
  | 
            1,589.8  | 
            
  | 
            1,625.3  | 
        
Allocation of allowances and expected losses to receivables  | 
            
  | 
            737.0  | 
            
  | 
            1,169.5  | 
        
Vehicle expense  | 
            
  | 
            17,404.6  | 
            
  | 
            16,911.2  | 
        
Losses from the disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment  | 
            
  | 
            1,540.8  | 
            
  | 
            2,526.1  | 
        
Repairs  | 
            
  | 
            29,798.4  | 
            
  | 
            30,133.8  | 
        
Other expenses  | 
            
  | 
            46,800.2  | 
            
  | 
            32,193.6  | 
        
  | 
            
  | 
            179,894.7  | 
            
  | 
            165,274.9  | 
        
Taxes mainly include property tax, dumpsite levy and electricity levy, as well as the Austrian landfill tax. The expenses incurred for the Group auditor, Deloitte Audit Wirtschaftsprüfungs GmbH (previous year: KPMG Austria GmbH), for auditing services and other accounting services provided to the entities of the Energie AG Oberösterreich Group amount to EUR 519.8 thousand (previous year: EUR 687.3 thousand). In addition, the Group auditor provided other consulting services for the Energie AG Oberösterreich Group totalling EUR 19.0 thousand (previous year: EUR 132.3 thousand).
The item Other expenses is mainly comprised of transfers to provisions, transaction costs, marketing expenses, and professional fees.

