Tecan Annual Report
Tecan Annual Report

25   PROVISIONS

 

Onerous contracts

Warranties 

and returns

WEEE1

Legal cases

Other

Total 2021

CHF 1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2021

2,886 

16,499 

1,358 

4,309 

7,225 

32,277

Acquisition through business combination

6,606 

2,266 

8,872

Provisions recognized

5,222 

20,662 

235 

(322) 

4,258 

30,055

Provisions used

(19,098)

(4) 

(19,102)

Provisions reversed

(5,663) 

(654) 

(8) 

(411) 

(6,736)

Reclassification

(49) 

(74) 

(123)

Translation differences

83 

(53) 

(10) 

7

 29 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

2,447 

24,098 

1,483 

6,243 

11,001 

45,272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof current

2,447 

24,098 

6,243 

2,144 

34,932

Thereof non-current

1,483 

8,857 

10,340

  1. WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)

 

Restructuring and

dismantling

Onerous contracts

Warranties 

and returns

WEEE1

Legal cases

Other

Total 2022

CHF 1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2022

84

2,447

24,098

1,483 

6,243

10,917

45,272

Provisions recognized

-

300

15,562

65 

50

1,576

17,553

Provisions used

(14,876)

(19) 

(86) 

(14,981)

Provisions reversed

-

(253) 

(3,704) 

(1) 

(1,291) 

(2,489) 

(7,738)

Translation differences

(8) 

(85) 

4

(60)

 (135) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2022

76

2,499 

21,089

1,443 

5,006

9,858

39,971

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thereof current

-

2,499 

21,089

5,006

2,855

31,449

Thereof non-current

76 

1,443 

7,003

8,522

  1. WEEE = waste electrical and electronic equipment (directive 2002/96/EC)

The provision for legal cases (2022: CHF 5.0 million and 2021: CHF 6.2 million) relates to several legal cases with former customers and employees in different subsidiaries, for which the timing of settlement is uncertain at year-end.

 

The position ‘other’ includes: 1. provisions to cover commitments related to other non-current employee benefits (2022: CHF 7.2 million and 2021: CHF 9.0 million), 2. provisions in connections with controversial sales and use tax positions (2022: CHF 2.2 million and 2021: CHF 1.5 million) 3. several minor provisions (2022: CHF 0.5 million and 2021: CHF 0.5 million).