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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Income Taxes |
Schedule of income tax provision |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Income taxes, current (1) |  | Ps. | 5,267,157 |  | Ps. | 6,448,961 |  | Ps. | 5,382,865 |
Income taxes, deferred |  |  | (2,598,712) |  |  | (2,058,457) |  |  | (1,108,745) |
|  | Ps. | 2,668,445 |  | Ps. | 4,390,504 |  | Ps. | 4,274,120 |
| (1) |  | The current income tax of Mexican companies payable in Mexico represented 95%, 91% and 93% of total current income taxes in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Schedule of maturities of income tax payable |
2020 |  | Ps. | 1,470,529
2021 |  |  | 1,016,035
2022 |  |  | 623,545
2023 |  |  | 120,139
|  | Ps. | 3,230,248
Schedule of principal differences between income taxes computed at the statutory rate and the Group's provision for income taxes |
|  | % |  | % |  | %
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Statutory income tax rate |  | 30 |  | 30 |  | 30
Differences between accounting and tax bases, includes tax inflation gain that is not recognized for accounting purposes |  | 5 |  | 5 |  | 10
Asset tax |  | (2) |  | — |  | —
Tax loss carryforwards |  | (13) |  | (4) |  | (2)
2014 Tax Reform |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | 1
Foreign operations |  | 8 |  | 3 |  | 5
Disposition of investment |  | 3 |  | 2 |  | —
Share of income in associates and joint ventures, net |  | (2) |  | (1) |  | (5)
Effective income tax rate |  | 30 |  | 37 |  | 39
Schedule of years of expiration of tax loss carryforwards |
|  | Tax Loss |
|  | Carryforwards |
|  | for Which |
|  | Deferred Taxes |
Year of Expiration |  | Were Recognized |
2020 |  | Ps. | 91,050 |
2021 |  |  | 174,278 |
2022 |  |  | 2,051,839 |
2023 |  |  | 233,434 |
2024 |  |  | 972,878 |
Thereafter |  |  | 24,806,403 |
|  | Ps. | 28,329,882 |
Schedule of deferred income taxes | The deferred income taxes as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, were principally derived from the following temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards:
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued liabilities |  | Ps. | 4,352,021 |  | Ps. | 3,619,288
Loss allowance |  |  | 1,550,482 |  |  | 1,344,425
Customer advances |  |  | 1,499,462 |  |  | 1,799,330
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | 273,210 |  |  | —
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 1,650,860 |  |  | 1,570,890
Prepaid expenses and other items |  |  | 3,700,673 |  |  | 1,125,387
Tax loss carryforwards: |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating |  |  | 7,433,425 |  |  | 8,677,220
Capital(1) |  |  | 5,591,581 |  |  | 4,338,177
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments |  |  | (6,676,401) |  |  | (7,812,896)
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | — |  |  | (248,547)
Intangible assets and transmission rights |  |  | (2,406,145) |  |  | (843,409)
Deferred income tax assets of Mexican companies |  |  | 16,969,168 |  |  | 13,569,865
Deferred income tax assets of certain foreign subsidiaries |  |  | 163,747 |  |  | 221,392
Deferred income tax assets, net |  | Ps. | 17,132,915 |  | Ps. | 13,791,257
| (1) |  | Net of the benefit from tax loss carryforwards derived from the disposal in 2014 of the Group’s investment in GSF, in the amount of Ps.4,526,042 and Ps.3,301,222 in 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The gross rollforward of deferred income tax assets, net, is as follows:
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
At January 1 |  | Ps. | 13,791,257 |  | Ps. | 12,317,531
Statement of income credit |  |  | 2,598,712 |  |  | 2,058,457
Other comprehensive income (“OCI”) credit |  |  | 1,154,097 |  |  | 336,689
Retained earnings charge |  |  | (342,420) |  |  | —
Charged to retained earnings in connection with the adoption of new IFRS Standards |  |  | — |  |  | (921,420)
Reclassification to current assets (liabilities) held for sale |  |  | (68,731) |  |  | —
At December 31 |  | Ps. | 17,132,915 |  | Ps. | 13,791,257
The rollforward of deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the year 2019, was as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Reclassification |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Credit (Charge) to |  | Credit (Charge) to |  | to Current |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Consolidated |  | OCI and |  | Assets |  |  |
|  | At January 1, |  | Statement of |  | Retained |  | (Liabilities) |  | At December 31,
|  | 2019 |  | Income |  | Earnings |  | Held for Sale |  | 2019
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued liabilities |  | Ps. | 3,619,288 |  | Ps. | 732,733 |  | Ps. | — |  | Ps. | — |  | Ps. | 4,352,021
Loss allowance |  |  | 1,344,425 |  |  | 206,057 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,550,482
Customer advances |  |  | 1,799,330 |  |  | (299,868) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,499,462
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | — |  |  | (183,364) |  |  | 456,574 |  |  | — |  |  | 273,210
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 1,570,890 |  |  | 79,970 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,650,860
Prepaid expenses and other items |  |  | 1,125,387 |  |  | 2,586,763 |  |  | 57,254 |  |  | (68,731) |  |  | 3,700,673
Tax loss carryforwards |  |  | 13,015,397 |  |  | 334,122 |  |  | (324,513) |  |  | — |  |  | 13,025,006
Deferred income tax assets of foreign subsidiaries |  |  | 221,392 |  |  | (57,645) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 163,747
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments |  |  | (7,812,896) |  |  | 514,133 |  |  | 622,362 |  |  | — |  |  | (6,676,401)
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | (248,547) |  |  | 248,547 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Intangible assets and transmission rights |  |  | (843,409) |  |  | (1,562,736) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,406,145)
Deferred income tax assets, net |  | Ps. | 13,791,257 |  | Ps. | 2,598,712 |  | Ps. | 811,677 |  | Ps. | (68,731) |  | Ps. | 17,132,915
The rollforward of deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the year 2018, was as follows:
|  |  |  |  | Credit (Charge) to |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Consolidated |  | Credit (Charge) to |  |  |
|  | At January 1, |  | Statement of |  | OCI and |  | At December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | Income |  | Equity |  | 2018
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued liabilities |  | Ps. | 3,388,289 |  | Ps. | 230,999 |  | Ps. | — |  | Ps. | 3,619,288
Loss allowance |  |  | 1,115,990 |  |  | 149,305 |  |  | 79,130 |  |  | 1,344,425
Customer advances |  |  | 2,230,958 |  |  | (431,628) |  |  | — |  |  | 1,799,330
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 1,159,085 |  |  | 411,805 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,570,890
Prepaid expenses and other items |  |  | — |  |  | 1,785,820 |  |  | (660,433) |  |  | 1,125,387
Tax loss carryforwards |  |  | 15,558,120 |  |  | (2,542,723) |  |  | — |  |  | 13,015,397
Deferred income tax assets of foreign subsidiaries |  |  | 257,769 |  |  | 73,117 |  |  | (109,494) |  |  | 221,392
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Investments |  |  | (7,117,306) |  |  | (854,016) |  |  | 158,426 |  |  | (7,812,896)
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | (355,051) |  |  | 158,864 |  |  | (52,360) |  |  | (248,547)
Intangible assets and transmission rights |  |  | (2,646,267) |  |  | 1,802,858 |  |  | — |  |  | (843,409)
Prepaid expenses and other items |  |  | (1,274,056) |  |  | 1,274,056 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Deferred income tax assets, net |  | Ps. | 12,317,531 |  | Ps. | 2,058,457 |  | Ps. | (584,731) |  | Ps. | 13,791,257
The tax (charge) credit relating to components of other comprehensive income is as follows:
|  | 2019
|  |  |  |  | Tax (Charge) |  |  |
|  | Before Tax |  | Credit |  | After Tax
Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations |  | Ps. | (247,092) |  | Ps. | 74,128 |  | Ps. | (172,964)
Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations of assets held for sale |  |  | (3,445) |  |  | 1,033 |  |  | (2,412)
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations |  |  | (98,422) |  |  | (101,323) |  |  | (199,745)
Derivative financial instruments cash flow hedges |  |  | (1,521,912) |  |  | 456,574 |  |  | (1,065,338)
Warrants exercisable for common stock of UHI |  |  | 257,306 |  |  | (77,192) |  |  | 180,114
Open Ended Fund |  |  | (351,202) |  |  | 112,590 |  |  | (238,612)
Other equity instruments |  |  | (794,624) |  |  | 238,387 |  |  | (556,237)
Other financial assets |  |  | 111 |  |  | (33) |  |  | 78
Share of loss of associates and joint ventures |  |  | (236,159) |  |  | — |  |  | (236,159)
Other comprehensive loss |  | Ps. | (2,995,439) |  | Ps. | 704,164 |  | Ps. | (2,291,275)
Current tax |  |  |  |  | Ps. | (449,933) |  |  |
Deferred tax |  |  |  |  |  | 1,154,097 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Ps. | 704,164 |  |  |
|  | 2018
|  |  |  |  | Tax (Charge) |  |  |
|  | Before Tax |  | Credit |  | After Tax
Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations (1) |  | Ps. | (97,086) |  | Ps. | 230,623 |  | Ps. | 133,537
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations |  |  | (859,032) |  |  | (587) |  |  | (859,619)
Derivative financial instruments cash flow hedges |  |  | 174,532 |  |  | (52,359) |  |  | 122,173
Warrants exercisable for common stock of UHI |  |  | (1,347,698) |  |  | 404,309 |  |  | (943,389)
Open Ended Fund |  |  | 215,957 |  |  | (64,787) |  |  | 151,170
Other equity instruments |  |  | 603,766 |  |  | (181,130) |  |  | 422,636
Other financial assets |  |  | (111) |  |  | 33 |  |  | (78)
Share of loss of associates and joint ventures |  |  | (47,313) |  |  | — |  |  | (47,313)
Other comprehensive loss |  | Ps. | (1,356,985) |  | Ps. | 336,102 |  | Ps. | (1,020,883)
Current tax |  |  |  |  | Ps. | (587) |  |  |
Deferred tax |  |  |  |  |  | 336,689 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Ps. | 336,102 |  |  |
| (1) |  | During 2018, the Group recognized a deferred income tax benefit o f Ps.201,497 related to remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations of prior year.
|  | 2017
|  |  |  |  | Tax (Charge) |  |  |
|  | Before Tax |  | Credit |  | After Tax
Remeasurement of post-employment benefit obligations |  | Ps. | (283,106) |  | Ps. | — |  | Ps. | (283,106)
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations |  |  | 334,097 |  |  | (78,040) |  |  | 256,057
Derivative financial instruments cash flow hedges |  |  | 231,758 |  |  | (69,527) |  |  | 162,231
Warrants exercisable for common stock of UHI |  |  | (280,447) |  |  | 84,134 |  |  | (196,313)
Open Ended Fund |  |  | 1,008,675 |  |  | (302,603) |  |  | 706,072
Share of loss of associates and joint ventures |  |  | (60,340) |  |  | — |  |  | (60,340)
Other comprehensive income |  | Ps. | 950,637 |  | Ps. | (366,036) |  | Ps. | 584,601
Current tax |  |  |  |  | Ps. | (78,040) |  |  |
Deferred tax |  |  |  |  |  | (287,996) |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Ps. | (366,036) |  |  |
2014 Tax Reform |
Income Taxes |
Schedule of effects of income tax payable |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018
Tax losses of subsidiaries, net |  | Ps. | 3,230,248 |  | Ps. | 4,959,130
Less: Current portion (a) |  |  | 1,470,529 |  |  | 1,817,736
Non-current portion (b) |  | Ps. | 1,759,719 |  | Ps. | 3,141,394
| (a) |  | Accounted for as current income taxes payable in the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.
| (b) |  | Accounted for as non-current income taxes payable in the consolidated statement of financial position as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

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