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Other Assets and Other Financial Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Disclosure of Other Non-Current 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
Disclosure of Other Non-Current Financial Assets | 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.

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