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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets | Note 14. Other Assets and Other Financial Assets 14.1 Other non-current assets
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Agreement with customers |  | Ps. | 953 |  |  | Ps. | 897 |
Long term prepaid advertising expenses |  |  | 341 |  |  |  | 388 |
Guarantee deposits (1) |  |  | 2,407 |  |  |  | 2,910 |
Prepaid bonuses |  |  | 226 |  |  |  | 248 |
Advances to acquire property, plant and equipment |  |  | 203 |  |  |  | 233 |
Recoverable taxes |  |  | 2,111 |  |  |  | 1,289 |
Indemnifiable assets from business combinations (2) |  |  | 2,948 |  |  |  | 3,336 |
Recoverable taxes from business combinations |  |  | — |  |  |  | 395 |
Others |  |  | 1,343 |  |  |  | 621 |
|  | Ps. | 10,532 |  |  | Ps. | 10,317 |
(1) | As it is customary in Brazil, the Company is required to guarantee tax, legal and labor contingencies by guarantee deposits including those related to business acquisitions. See Note 26.7.
(2) | Corresponds to indemnifiable assets that are warranted by former Vonpar owners as per the share purchase agreement. See Note 4.1.3
14.2 Other non-current financial assets
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Non-current accounts receivable |  | Ps. | 938 |  |  | Ps. | 724 |
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21) |  |  | 8,260 |  |  |  | 10,752 |
Investments (1) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 11,810 |
Others |  |  | 172 |  |  |  | 101 |
Other investments in equity instruments (2) |  |  | 13,310 |  |  |  | — |
|  | Ps. | 22,680 |  |  | Ps. | 23,387 |
(1) | It represents an investment in corporate debt securities with variable interest rates, measured at amortized cost. The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2019.
(2) | Corresponds to the acquisition of a minority stake in Jetro Restaurant Depot as of November 8, 2019. Refer to note 3.7.3.
As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the fair value of non-current accounts receivable amounted to Ps. 724 and Ps. 740, 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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