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Revenues and Contract Costs (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability | The following table presents information about receivables from contracts with customers:
| At March 31, |  | At January 1, |  | At March 31, |  | At January 1,
(dollars in millions) | 2023 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2022
Receivables(1) | $ | 9,969 |  |  | $ | 11,274 |  |  | $ | 10,419 |  |  | $ | 10,758 |
Device payment plan agreement receivables(2) | 16,955 |  |  | 16,648 |  |  | 13,478 |  |  | 12,888 |
(1)Balances do not include receivables related to the following contracts: leasing arrangements (such as those for towers and equipment), captive reinsurance arrangements primarily related to wireless device insurance and the interest when equipment is sold to the customer by an authorized agent under a device payment plan agreement. (2)Included in device payment plan agreement receivables presented in Note 6. Receivables derived from the sale of equipment on a device payment plan through an authorized agent are excluded. The following table presents information about contract balances:
| At March 31, |  | At January 1, |  | At March 31, |  | At January 1,
(dollars in millions) | 2023 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2022
Contract asset | $ | 777 |  |  | $ | 863 |  |  | $ | 909 |  |  | $ | 934 |
Contract liability(1) | 8,423 |  |  | 8,234 |  |  | 7,504 |  |  | 7,229 |
(1) Revenue recognized related to contract liabilities existing at January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2022 were $4.3 billion for both the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022. The balances of contract assets and contract liabilities recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
| At March 31, |  | At December 31,
(dollars in millions) | 2023 |  | 2022
Assets |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other | $ | 580 |  |  | $ | 656 |
Other assets | 197 |  |  | 207 |
Total | $ | 777 |  |  | $ | 863 |
Liabilities |  |  |
Other current liabilities | $ | 6,693 |  |  | $ | 6,583 |
Other liabilities | 1,730 |  |  | 1,651 |
Total | $ | 8,423 |  |  | $ | 8,234 |
Capitalized Contract Cost | The balances of deferred contract costs included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
| At March 31, |  | At December 31,
(dollars in millions) | 2023 |  | 2022
Assets |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other | $ | 2,629 |  |  | $ | 2,629 |
Other assets | 2,453 |  |  | 2,475 |
Total | $ | 5,082 |  |  | $ | 5,104 |

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