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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets - Disclosure of Other Non-Current Assets (Detail) $ in Millions, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 MXN ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | [4] | Dec. 31, 2018 MXN ($)
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Miscellaneous assets [abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Agreement with customers |  | $ 953 |  |  | $ 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
Total other assets |  | $ 10,532 | [3] | $ 558 | $ 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
[3] | The Company initially adopted IFRS 16 at January 1st, 2019 using the modified retrospectively approach under which the comparative information is not restated. – See Note 2.4.1
[4] | Convenience translation to U.S. dollars ($) – See Note 2.2.3

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