40. Other general administrative expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Other General Administrative Expenses

40. Other general administrative expenses

40. Other general administrative expenses

a) Breakdown

The detail of other general administrative expenses is as follows:

Thousand of reais	2020		2019	2018
Genreal maintenance expenses	743,580		748,196	1,330,549
Technology maintenance expenses	2,355,310		2,058,619	1,786,416
Advertising	654,175		712,855	621,645
Communications	648,856		472,873	457,323
Per diems and travel expenses	69,922		140,016	127,277
Taxes other than income tax		280,098	112,012	88,977
Surveillance and cash courier services		594,953	630,585	617,129
Insurance premiums	16,620		34,778	29,434
Specialized and technical services	2,171,460		2,172,567	2,089,614
Technical reports	319,814		360,990	359,468
Others specialized and technical services	1,851,646		1,811,577	1,730,146
Other administrative expenses (1)	709,504		531,311	437,767
Total	8,243,478		7,613,812	7,586,131

(1) For the year ended December 31, 2020, includes mainly Data Processing Expenses in the balance of R$176.105 (2019 – R$67.724 and 2017 - R$73.664), Service Expenses in the balance of R$27,751 (2019 - revenue of R$26.852 and 2018 - R$87.199), Expenses with Benefit Guarantor Fund - FGB R$8,478 (2019 – R$34,996 and 2017 - R$5,334), Interest on Own Capital R$0 (2018 – R$38.006 and 2017 - R$20.826) and Recovery of Charges and Expenses R$212,850 (2019 – R$92.408 and 2017 – R$89.409).

b) Other information

The balance of “Technical reports” includes the fees paid by the consolidated companies to their respective auditors, the detail are as follows:

Millions of Reais	2020	2019	2018
Audit of the annual financial statements of the companies audited by external audit  (constant scope of consolidation)	24,0	25,2	19,9
Audit Related	0,4	0,1	0,5
Others	0,0	0,3	0,1
Total	24,4	25,6	20,5

The approximate value of taxes according to law 12,741/2012 totaled R$1,5 million (2019 - R$3,6 million e 2018 - R$2,9million),