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Trade and Other Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Trade and Other Receivables | Trade and other receivables as at December 31, 2019 and 2020, are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2019 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Total amounts |  |  | Provision for impairment |  |  | Present value discount |  |  | Carrying amount |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 3,451,107 |  |  | ￦ | (291,202 | ) |  | ￦ | (9,510 | ) |  | ￦ | 3,150,395 |
Other receivables |  |  | 2,787,144 |  |  |  | (78,572 | ) |  |  | (271 | ) |  |  | 2,708,301 |
|  | ￦ | 6,238,251 |  |  | ￦ | (369,774 | ) |  | ￦ | (9,781 | ) |  | ￦ | 5,858,696 |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 874,860 |  |  | ￦ | (4,117 | ) |  | ￦ | (43,597 | ) |  | ￦ | 827,146 |
Other receivables |  |  | 382,468 |  |  |  | (5,108 | ) |  |  | (22,708 | ) |  |  | 354,652 |
|  | ￦ | 1,257,328 |  |  | ￦ | (9,225 | ) |  | ￦ | (66,305 | ) |  | ￦ | 1,181,798 |
|  | December 31, 2020 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Total amounts |  |  | Provision for impairment |  |  | Present value discount |  |  | Carrying amount |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 3,388,099 |  |  | ￦ | (322,992 | ) |  | ￦ | (8,977 | ) |  | ￦ | 3,056,130 |
Other receivables |  |  | 1,948,108 |  |  |  | (101,619 | ) |  |  | (148 | ) |  |  | 1,846,341 |
|  | ￦ | 5,336,207 |  |  | ￦ | (424,611 | ) |  | ￦ | (9,125 | ) |  | ￦ | 4,902,471 |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 892,992 |  |  | ￦ | (4,323 | ) |  | ￦ | (34,716 | ) |  | ￦ | 853,953 |
Other receivables |  |  | 513,926 |  |  |  | (102,985 | ) |  |  | (14,125 | ) |  |  | 396,816 |
|  | ￦ | 1,406,918 |  |  | ￦ | (107,308 | ) |  | ￦ | (48,841 | ) |  | ￦ | 1,250,769 |
Summary of Changes in Provision for Impairment | Details of changes in provision for impairment for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, are as follows:
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Trade receivables |  |  | Other receivables |  |  | Trade receivables |  |  | Other receivables |
Beginning balance |  | ￦ | 359,924 |  |  | ￦ | 93,822 |  |  | ￦ | 295,319 |  |  | ￦ | 83,680 |
Provision |  |  | 24,596 |  |  |  | 35,597 |  |  |  | 89,097 |  |  |  | 50,860 |
Reversal |  |  | — |  |  |  | (475 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (890 | )
Written-off or transfer out |  |  | (90,513 | ) |  |  | (44,108 | ) |  |  | (60,598 | ) |  |  | (25,067 | )
Change in consolidation scope |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,211 |  |  |  | 87,614 |
Others |  |  | 1,312 |  |  |  | (1,156 | ) |  |  | 286 |  |  |  | 8,407 |
Ending balance |  | ￦ | 295,319 |  |  | ￦ | 83,680 |  |  | ￦ | 327,315 |  |  | ￦ | 204,604 |
Summary of Other Receivables | Details of other receivables as at December 31, 2019 and 2020, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Loans |  | ￦ | 84,148 |  |  | ￦ | 116,082 |
Receivables 1 |  |  | 2,540,315 |  |  |  | 1,699,608 |
Accrued income |  |  | 8,630 |  |  |  | 6,901 |
Refundable deposits |  |  | 352,293 |  |  |  | 350,180 |
Loans receivable |  |  | 105,961 |  |  |  | 150,527 |
Finance lease receivables |  |  | 39,726 |  |  |  | 64,047 |
Others |  |  | 15,560 |  |  |  | 60,416 |
Less: Provision for impairment |  |  | (83,680 | ) |  |  | (204,604 | )
|  | ￦ | 3,062,953 |  |  | ￦ | 2,243,157 |
1 | Settlement receivables of BC Card Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Group, of ￦ 986,384 million related to debit and credit card transactions are included as at December 31, 2020 (2019: ￦ 1,786,610 million).

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