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Operating Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
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Operating Expenses |
27. | Operating Expenses
| (1) | Operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, are as follows:
(in millions of Korean won) |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |
Employee benefit cost |  | ￦ | 4,215,810 |  |  | ￦ | 4,495,885 |  |  | ￦ | 4,556,832 |
Depreciation |  |  | 2,605,594 |  |  |  | 2,637,463 |  |  |  | 2,723,610 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  | 398,716 |  |  |  | 396,214 |  |  |  | 402,737 |
Amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 603,327 |  |  |  | 622,202 |  |  |  | 683,784 |
Commissions |  |  | 1,125,944 |  |  |  | 1,295,434 |  |  |  | 1,264,729 |
Interconnection charges |  |  | 507,567 |  |  |  | 479,500 |  |  |  | 436,598 |
International interconnection fee |  |  | 192,008 |  |  |  | 186,253 |  |  |  | 140,433 |
Purchase of inventories |  |  | 3,753,792 |  |  |  | 3,656,040 |  |  |  | 3,595,345 |
Changes of inventories |  |  | 20,491 |  |  |  | (195,046 | ) |  |  | (203,071 | )
Sales commission |  |  | 2,343,375 |  |  |  | 2,353,909 |  |  |  | 2,353,318 |
Service cost 1 |  |  | 2,296,324 |  |  |  | 2,334,386 |  |  |  | 2,229,709 |
Utilities |  |  | 364,373 |  |  |  | 368,348 |  |  |  | 544,675 |
Taxes and dues |  |  | 268,651 |  |  |  | 276,962 |  |  |  | 250,651 |
Rent |  |  | 123,246 |  |  |  | 160,848 |  |  |  | 167,576 |
Insurance premium |  |  | 66,717 |  |  |  | 68,245 |  |  |  | 66,737 |
Installation fee |  |  | 154,542 |  |  |  | 150,140 |  |  |  | 174,238 |
Advertising expenses |  |  | 171,400 |  |  |  | 195,519 |  |  |  | 153,750 |
Allowance for bad debts |  |  | 82,329 |  |  |  | 115,358 |  |  |  | 150,549 |
Card service cost |  |  | 3,114,047 |  |  |  | 3,127,673 |  |  |  | 3,189,376 |
Loss on disposal of property and equipment |  |  | 71,417 |  |  |  | 81,415 |  |  |  | 72,710 |
Loss on disposal of intangible assets |  |  | 3,885 |  |  |  | 7,015 |  |  |  | 5,328 |
Loss on disposal of right-of-use assets |  |  | 11,457 |  |  |  | 2,348 |  |  |  | 2,115 |
Loss on disposal of investments in subsidiaries |  |  | 13,727 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Impairment loss on property and equipment |  |  | 2,115 |  |  |  | 16,094 |  |  |  | 7,871 |
Impairment loss on intangible assets |  |  | 3,747 |  |  |  | 30,965 |  |  |  | 236,206 |
Donations |  |  | 10,981 |  |  |  | 15,642 |  |  |  | 24,664 |
Other allowance for bad debts |  |  | 28,066 |  |  |  | 17,551 |  |  |  | 34,112 |
Others |  |  | 952,614 |  |  |  | 1,369,686 |  |  |  | 1,902,214 |
Total |  | ￦ | 23,506,262 |  |  | ￦ | 24,266,049 |  |  | ￦ | 25,166,796 |
1 | Service cost is mainly recorded by purchase of service for system implementation and contents service.
| (2) | Details of employee benefit cost for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, are as follows:
(in millions of Korean won) |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |
Salaries & Wages |  | ￦ | 3,837,359 |  |  | ￦ | 4,161,874 |  |  | ￦ | 4,231,781 |
Post-employment benefits(Defined benefit plan) |  |  | 236,831 |  |  |  | 225,404 |  |  |  | 183,026 |
Post-employment benefits(Defined contribution plan) |  |  | 71,068 |  |  |  | 72,576 |  |  |  | 85,174 |
Share-based payment |  |  | 47,415 |  |  |  | 16,799 |  |  |  | 15,450 |
Others |  |  | 23,137 |  |  |  | 19,232 |  |  |  | 41,401 |
Total |  | ￦ | 4,215,810 |  |  | ￦ | 4,495,885 |  |  | ￦ | 4,556,832 |

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