18 Interest Income
Interest Income
in € million | 2024 | 2025 | |||
Income from non-current securities and non-current loans | 17.2 | 11.1 | |||
Interest income from taxes | – | 40.1 | |||
Interest income from partial | – | 7.7 | |||
Interest income - finance leases | 1.2 | 3.0 | |||
Interest received and similar income | 51.1 | 52.2 | |||
Other interest and similar income | 18.4 | 15.6 | |||
87.9 | 129.7 | ||||
The income from non-current securities and non-current loans relates primarily to income from loans extended to the QUARTERBACK property companies. The drop is due to the impairment loss on receivables resulting from interest.
The interest income from taxes relates to corporate income tax interest for previous years that is still outstanding. The payment was received on January 23, 2026.
Other interest and similar income in the reporting year includes income of € 0.4 million (2024: € 0.8 million) from the discounting of provisions as well as income of € 7.4 million from government bonds (2024: € 9.1 million).
