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Trade and other receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Schedule of trade and other receivables |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | 2020 | 2019
Trade receivables (1) |  | 3,414 |  | 2,981 |
Allowance for revenue adjustments |  | (185) |  | (104) |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 28 | (149) |  | (62) |
Commodity taxes receivable |  | 122 |  | 12 |
Current tax receivable |  | 92 |  | 23 |
Other accounts receivable |  | 234 |  | 188 |
Total trade and other receivables |  | 3,528 |  | 3,038 |
(1)The details of securitized trade receivables are set out in Note 23, Debt due within one year. . The following table summarizes our wireless device financing plan receivables at December 31, 2020.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | 2020 | 2019
Current |  | 649 |  | 85 |
Non-current | 20 | 399 |  | 65 |
Total wireless device financing plan receivables (1) |  | 1,048 |  | 150 |
(1) Excludes allowance for doubtful accounts and allowance for revenue adjustments on the current portion of $28 million and $9 million at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and allowance for doubtful accounts and allowance for revenue adjustments on the non-current portion of $17 million and $5 million at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

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