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Accrued payroll and other liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued payroll and other liabilities | Accrued payroll and other liabilities Accrued payroll and other liabilities consist of the following at year end:
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Current: |  |  |  |
Accrued payroll |  | $ | 77,286 |  |  | $ | 97,995 |
Accrued expenses |  | 10,330 |  |  | 13,574 |
Other liabilities |  | 6,550 |  |  | 7,519 |
|  | $ | 94,166 |  |  | $ | 119,088 |
Non-current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred rent |  | 16,404 |  |  | 15,198 |
Deferred revenues - Initial franchise fee |  | 5,827 |  |  | — |
Other liabilities |  | 13,091 |  |  | 14,168 |
|  | $ | 35,322 |  |  | $ | 29,366 |

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