7. General and Administrative Expenses

01.01.2016 – 31.12.2016 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2015
Staff costs: (558 758) (546 905)
Salaries (including bonuses) (462 834) (452 317)
Social security contributions (74 756) (73 833)
Employee benefits, including: (21 168) (20 755)
– provisions for retirement benefits (3 161) (2 982)
– provisions for unused employee holiday (509) (564)
– other (17 498) (17 209)
General administrative costs (498 708) (489 709)
Costs of advertising, promotion and representation (44 262) (44 416)
Costs of IT and communications (75 113) (69 760)
Costs of renting (174 889) (174 425)
Costs of buildings maintenance, equipment and materials (25 673) (26 914)
Costs of ATMs and cash handling (16 511) (16 501)
Costs of consultancy, audit and legal advisory and translation (21 991) (11 921)
Taxes and fees (17 043) (15 856)
Costs of National Clearing House (4 595) (4 092)
Costs of National Fund for the Rehabilitation of Disabled (4 830) (5 008)
Costs of Banking Guarantee Fund (60 921) (65 459)
Costs of Banking Guarantee Fund (4 682) (4 578)
Other (48 198) (50 779)
Total (1 057 466) (1 036 614)
Previous page 6. Other Operating Income
Next page 8. Impairment Losses on Financial Assets