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Trade and Other Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
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Summary of Trade and Other Receivables | Trade and other receivables as at December 31, 2020 and 2021, are as fol l ows:
|  | 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 |
|  | December 31, 2021 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Total amounts |  |  | Provision for impairment |  |  | Present value discount |  |  | Carrying amount |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 3,337,398 |  |  | ￦ | (346,869 | ) |  | ￦ | (7,662 | ) |  | ￦ | 2,982,867 |
Other receivables |  |  | 2,201,781 |  |  |  | (93,256 | ) |  |  | (3,902 | ) |  |  | 2,104,623 |
|  | ￦ | 5,539,179 |  |  | ￦ | (440,125 | ) |  | ￦ | (11,564 | ) |  | ￦ | 5,087,490 |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 612,654 |  |  | ￦ | (2,856 | ) |  | ￦ | (17,351 | ) |  | ￦ | 592,447 |
Other receivables |  |  | 621,195 |  |  |  | (108,131 | ) |  |  | (14,185 | ) |  |  | 498,879 |
|  | ￦ | 1,233,849 |  |  | ￦ | (110,987 | ) |  | ￦ | (31,536 | ) |  | ￦ | 1,091,326 |
Summary of Changes in Provision for Impairment | Details of changes in provision for impairment for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, are as follows:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Trade receivables |  |  | Other receivables |  |  | Trade receivables |  |  | Other receivables |
Beginning balance |  | ￦ | 295,319 |  |  | ￦ | 83,680 |  |  | ￦ | 327,315 |  |  | ￦ | 204,604 |
Provision |  |  | 89,097 |  |  |  | 50,860 |  |  |  | 82,329 |  |  |  | 23,015 |
Reversal |  |  | — |  |  |  | (890 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (508 | )
Written-off or transfer out |  |  | (60,598 | ) |  |  | (25,067 | ) |  |  | (62,564 | ) |  |  | (25,900 | )
Change in consolidation scope |  |  | 3,211 |  |  |  | 87,614 |  |  |  | 416 |  |  |  | (300 | )
Others |  |  | 286 |  |  |  | 8,407 |  |  |  | 2,229 |  |  |  | 476 |
Ending balance |  | ￦ | 327,315 |  |  | ￦ | 204,604 |  |  | ￦ | 349,725 |  |  | ￦ | 201,387 |
Summary of Other Receivables | Details of other receivables as at December 31, 2020 and 2021, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2021 |
Loans |  | ￦ | 116,082 |  |  | ￦ | 101,718 |
Receivables 1 |  |  | 1,699,608 |  |  |  | 1,872,467 |
Accrued income |  |  | 6,901 |  |  |  | 5,933 |
Refundable deposits |  |  | 350,180 |  |  |  | 349,360 |
Loans receivable |  |  | 150,527 |  |  |  | 328,753 |
Finance lease receivables |  |  | 64,047 |  |  |  | 85,370 |
Others |  |  | 60,416 |  |  |  | 61,288 |
Less: Provision for impairment |  |  | (204,604 | ) |  |  | (201,387 | )
|  | ￦ | 2,243,157 |  |  | ￦ | 2,603,502 |
1 | Settlement receivables of BC Card Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Group, of ￦ 1,108,936 million related to credit card transactions are included as at December 31, 2021 (2020: ￦ 986,384 million).

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