General and administrative expense

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

General and administrative expense

General and administrative expense

25      General and administrative expense

General and administrative expense is comprised of the following:

	For the year ended
In thousands of EUR	December 31, 2019	December 31, 2018	December 31, 2017
Staff Costs	80,494	47,644	51,273
Occupancy Costs	1,582	5,091	3,989
Professional fees	14,300	9,830	5,257
Travel and entertainment	5,232	3,596	3,171
Office and related expenses	7,494	5,354	4,274
General sub-contracts	5,168	2,835	2,214
Bank fees & payment costs	2,893	2,980	1,699
Bad debt expense / reversal	5,877	4,436	3,270
Tax expenses	5,538	4,778	4,615
Tax provisions	6,068	5,271	6,989
Depreciation and amortization	7,906	2,166	1,637
Other general and administrative expense	1,973	944	662
General and administrative expense	144,525	94,925	89,050

Staff costs expense includes share options granted to eligible employees of EUR 37,267 thousand (2018: EUR 17,409 thousand).