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Other Liabilities, Provisions, Contingencies and Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

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Schedule of Other Current Financial Liabilities

		December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019
Sundry creditors		Ps.	11,895		Ps.	11,509
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21)			1,127			848
Other notes payable (1)			—			11,294
Others			3			4
Total		Ps.	13,025		Ps.	23,655

(1) Related to Socofar’s put option exercised on December 13, 2019.

Schedule of Provisions and Other Non-Current Liabilities

		December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019
Contingencies		Ps.	6,303		Ps.	8,854
Payable taxes			651			710
Others			2,586			879
Total		Ps.	9,540		Ps.	10,443

Schedule of Other Financial Liabilities

		December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21)		Ps.	3,743		Ps.	1,672
Security deposits			1,279			809
Total		Ps.	5,022		Ps.	2,481

Schedule of Provisions Recorded in the Statement of Financial Position

		December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019
Indirect taxes		Ps.	3,153		Ps.	5,062
Labor			1,857			2,455
Legal			1,293			1,337
Total (1)		Ps.	6,303		Ps.	8,854

(1) As it is customary in Brazil, the Company is required to guarantee tax, legal and labor contingencies by guarantee deposits. See Note 14.

Summary of Changes in Provisions

26.5.1 Indirect taxes

		December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019			2018
Balance at beginning of the period		Ps.	5,062		Ps.	5,421		Ps.	6,836
Penalties and other charges			—			1			123
New contingencies			489			486			178
Contingencies added in business combination			—			—			104
Cancellation and expiration			(153)			(247)			106
Payments			(218)			(174)			(112)
Reversal of indemnifiable items (1)			(1,177)			—			—
Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates			(850)			(425)			(951)
Effects due to derecognition of Philippines			—			—			(863)
Balance at end of the period		Ps.	3,153		Ps.	5,062		Ps.	5,421

(1) This amount includes Ps. 899 of certain tax contingencies that expired and are payable to the former shareholders of Spaipa (acquired in 2013).

26.5.2 Labor

		December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019			2018
Balance at beginning of the period		Ps.	2,455		Ps.	2,601		Ps.	2,723
Penalties and other charges			233			293			310
New contingencies			249			521			330
Contingencies added in business combination			—			44			289
Cancellation and expiration			(61)			(283)			(133)
Payments			(592)			(500)			(193)
Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates			(427)			(221)			(725)
Balance at end of the period		Ps.	1,857		Ps.	2,455		Ps.	2,601

26.5.3 Legal

		December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
		2020			2019			2018
Balance at beginning of the period		Ps.	1,337		Ps.	1,906		Ps.	3,296
Penalties and other charges			8			94			86
New contingencies			362			213			72
Contingencies added in business combination			—			77			67
Cancellation and expiration			(141)			(542)			(146)
Payments			(111)			(318)			(251)
Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates			(162)			(93)			(335)
Effects due to derecognition of Philippines			—			—			(883)
Balance at end of the period		Ps.	1,293		Ps.	1,337		Ps.	1,906

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