18 Other Operating Expenses
Other Operating Expenses
in € million | 2020 | 2021 | |||
Consultants’ and auditors’ fees | 47.6 | 136.8 | |||
Vehicle and traveling costs | 30.5 | 30.2 | |||
Communication costs and work equipment | 24.4 | 26.8 | |||
Advertising costs | 16.6 | 26.6 | |||
Additions to provisions | 21.5 | 20.0 | |||
Administrative services | 16.9 | 17.8 | |||
Rents, leases and ground rents | 17.7 | 17.7 | |||
Sales incidentals | 1.4 | 10.9 | |||
Insured losses | 12.1 | 9.8 | |||
Non-capitalizable expenses from real estate development | 5.2 | 8.7 | |||
Costs of sale associated with real estate inventories | 4.1 | 7.3 | |||
Impairment losses | 4.3 | 2.9 | |||
Dunning and debt collection fees | 3.3 | 2.6 | |||
Legal and notary costs | 2.6 | 2.2 | |||
Miscellaneous | 70.6 | 68.6 | |||
278.8 | 388.9 | ||||
The increase in consultants’ and auditors’ fees results from expenses related to the acquisition of the Deutsche Wohnen Group.