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Trade Notes and Accounts Receivable, Net
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Trade notes and accounts receivable [Member]  
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Trade Notes and Accounts Receivable, Net
10.
TRADE NOTES AND ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Trade notes and accounts receivable

 

$

25,552

 

 

$

26,037

 

Less: Loss allowance

 

 

(1,605

)

 

 

(1,365

)

 

 

$

23,947

 

 

$

24,672

 

 

The main credit terms range from 30 to 90 days.

The Company serves a large consumer base for telecommunications business; therefore, the concentration of credit risk is limited. When having transactions with customers, the Company considers the record of arrears in the past. In addition, the Company may also collect some telecommunication charges in advance to reduce the payment arrears in subsequent periods.

The Company adopted a policy of dealing with counterparties with certain credit ratings for project business and to obtain collateral where necessary to mitigate the risk of loss arising from defaults. Credit rating information is provided by independent rating agencies where available and, if such credit rating information is not available, the Company uses other publicly available financial information and its own historical transaction experience to rate its major customers. The Company continues to monitor the credit exposure and credit ratings of its counterparties and spread the credit risk amongst qualified counterparties.

In order to mitigate credit risk, the management of the Company has delegated a team responsible for determining credit limits, credit approvals and other monitoring procedures to ensure the recoverability of receivables. In addition, the Company reviews the recoverable amount of receivables at balance sheet dates to ensure that adequate allowance is provided for possible irrecoverable amounts. In this regard, the management believes the Company’s credit risk could be reasonably reduced.

The Company applies the simplified approach to recognize expected credit losses prescribed by IFRS 9, which permits the use of lifetime expected loss provision for receivables. The expected credit losses on receivables are estimated using a provision matrix by reference to past default experience of the customers and an analysis of the customers’ current financial positions, as well as the forward-looking indicators such as macroeconomic business indicators.

When there is evidence indicating that the counterparty is in evasion, bankruptcy, deregistration or the accounts receivable are over two years past due and the recoverable amount cannot be reasonable estimated, the Company writes off the trade notes and accounts receivable. For accounts receivable that have been written off, the Company continues to engage in enforcement activity to attempt to recover the receivables due. Where recoveries are made, these are recognized in profit or loss.

Except for receivables arising from telecommunications business and project business, the Company’s remaining accounts receivable are limited. Therefore, only Chunghwa’s provision matrix arising from telecommunications business and project business is disclosed below:

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Not Past
Due

 

 

Past Due
Less than
30 Days

 

 

Pass Due
31 to 60
Days

 

 

Pass Due
61 to 90
Days

 

 

Pass Due
91 to 120
Days

 

 

Pass Due
121 to 180
Days

 

 

Pass Due
over 180
Days

 

 

Total

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telecommunications
   business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected credit loss rate
     (Note a)

 

0%-1%

 

 

1%-22%

 

 

3%-62%

 

 

11%-80%

 

 

25%-90%

 

 

49%-97%

 

 

100%

 

 

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

$

16,411

 

 

$

282

 

 

$

82

 

 

$

45

 

 

$

31

 

 

$

31

 

 

$

603

 

 

$

17,485

 

Loss allowance (Lifetime
     ECL)

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(29

)

 

 

(30

)

 

 

(25

)

 

 

(28

)

 

 

(603

)

 

 

(789

)

Amortized cost

 

$

16,360

 

 

$

259

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

16,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected credit loss rate
     (Note b)

 

0%-5%

 

 

5%

 

 

10%

 

 

30%

 

 

50%

 

 

80%

 

 

100%

 

 

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

$

3,988

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

14

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

770

 

 

$

4,781

 

Loss allowance (Lifetime
     ECL)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

—

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

—

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(770

)

 

 

(784

)

Amortized cost

 

$

3,980

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

10

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

3,997

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

Not Past
Due

 

 

Past Due
Less than
30 Days

 

 

Pass Due
31 to 60
Days

 

 

Pass Due
61 to 90
Days

 

 

Pass Due
91 to 120
Days

 

 

Pass Due
121 to 180
Days

 

 

Pass Due
over 180
Days

 

 

Total

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Telecommunications
   business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected credit loss rate
     (Note a)

 

0%-1%

 

 

1%-20%

 

 

3%-64%

 

 

11%-80%

 

 

25%-90%

 

 

45%-96%

 

 

100%

 

 

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

$

17,163

 

 

$

310

 

 

$

87

 

 

$

33

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

34

 

 

$

599

 

 

$

18,254

 

Loss allowance (Lifetime
     ECL)

 

 

(50

)

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(21

)

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(29

)

 

 

(599

)

 

 

(761

)

Amortized cost

 

$

17,113

 

 

$

288

 

 

$

67

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

17,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected credit loss rate
     (Note b)

 

0%-5%

 

 

5%

 

 

10%

 

 

30%

 

 

50%

 

 

80%

 

 

100%

 

 

 

 

Gross carrying amount

 

$

3,798

 

 

$

119

 

 

$

11

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

547

 

 

$

4,531

 

Loss allowance (Lifetime
     ECL)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(16

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(547

)

 

 

(575

)

Amortized cost

 

$

3,795

 

 

$

113

 

 

$

10

 

 

$

37

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

—

 

 

$

3,956

 

Note a: Please refer to Notes 43 for the information of disaggregation of telecommunications service revenue. The expected credit loss rate applicable to different business revenue varies so as to reflect the risk level indicating by factors like historical experience.

Note b: The project business has different loss types according to the customer types. The expected credit loss rate listed above is for general customers. When the customer is a government-affiliated entity, it is anticipated that there will not be an instance of credit loss. Customers with past history of bounced checks or accounts receivable exceeding six months overdue are classified as high-risk customers, with an expected credit loss rate of 50%, increasing by period as the days overdue increase.

Movements of loss allowance for trade notes and accounts receivable were as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Beginning balance

 

$

2,154

 

 

$

1,605

 

Add: Provision for credit loss

 

 

123

 

 

 

109

 

Less: Amounts written off

 

 

(672

)

 

 

(349

)

Ending balance

 

$

1,605

 

 

$

1,365