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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets | Note 13. Other Assets and Other Financial Assets 13.1 Other assets
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Agreement with customers |  | Ps. | 849 |  |  | Ps. | 793 |
Long term prepaid advertising expenses |  |  | 298 |  |  |  | 392 |
Guarantee deposits (1) |  |  | 3,491 |  |  |  | 3,757 |
Prepaid bonuses |  |  | 151 |  |  |  | 103 |
Advances to acquire property, plant and equipment |  |  | 266 |  |  |  | 173 |
Recoverable taxes |  |  | 1,674 |  |  |  | 1,653 |
Indemnifiable assets from business combinations (2) |  |  | 4,510 |  |  |  | 8,081 |
Recoverable taxes from business combinations |  |  | 458 |  |  |  | — |
Others |  |  | 828 |  |  |  | 1,230 |
|  | Ps. | 12,525 |  |  | Ps. | 16,182 |
(1) | As it is customary in Brazil, the Company is required to collaterize tax, legal and labor contingencies by guarantee deposits including those related to business acquisitions (see Note 25.7).
(2) | Corresponds to indemnifiable assets that are warranteed by former Vonpar owners as per the share purchase agreement.
13.2 Other financial assets
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Non-current accounts receivable |  | Ps. | 733 |  |  | Ps. | 511 |
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 20) |  |  | 10,137 |  |  |  | 14,729 |
Investments in other entities (1) |  |  | 1,039 |  |  |  | — |
Others |  |  | 164 |  |  |  | 105 |
|  | Ps. | 12,073 |  |  | Ps. | 15,345 |
(1) | Investment in Venezuela subsidiary, Coca-Cola FEMSA determined that the deteriorating conditions in Venezuela had led the Company to no longer meet the accounting criteria to consolidate its Venezuelan subsidiary, the impacts of such deconsolidation are discussed in Note 3.3 above.
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the fair value of long term accounts receivable amounted to Ps. 707 and Ps. 541, respectively. The fair value is calculated based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows whereby the discount rate is estimated using rates currently offered for receivable of similar amounts and maturities, which is considered to be level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

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