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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Disclosure of Other Assets | 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.
Disclosure of Other Financial Assets | 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.

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