Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Basic information and principles of the report

2. Changes in Group structure

3. Summary of significant accounting policies

4. Risk assessment and management

5. Management of capital

6. Marketable securities

7. Trade accounts receivable

8. Other current assets and current financial assets

9. Inventories

10. Property, plant and equipment

11. Other non-current assets and non-current financial assets

12. Goodwill and intangible assets

13. Short-term debt

14. Other current provisions and liabilities

15. Long-term debt

16. Derivative financial instruments

17. Retirement benefit plans

18. Participation plans

19. Deferred tax assets and liabilities

20. Other non-current provisions and liabilities

21. Contingencies

22. Capital stock and treasury shares

23. Earnings per share

24. Other operating expenses, net

25. Financial result, net

26. Income tax expenses

  2014 2013
  MCHF MCHF
Current taxes 72.2 64.1
Deferred taxes 4.4 5.3
Total income tax expenses 76.6 69.4

The differences between income tax expenses computed at the weighted-average applicable tax rate of the Group of 13.7% (PY: 13.4%) and the effective income tax expenses were as follows:

  2014 2013
  MCHF MCHF
Income tax expenses, at applicable rate 78.7 67.9
Operating losses with no current tax benefit 0.1 0.0
Changes in future tax rates -0.1 -0.2
Taxable goodwill amortization -4.6 -4.9
Non-deductible expenses 3.4 3.4
Other -0.9 3.2
Total income tax expenses 76.6 69.4

The expected business development in the different regions and markets will not lead to a material change of the weighted average tax rate of the Group.

27. Research and development expenditures

28. Cashflow figures

29. Segment reporting

30. Related party transactions

31. Foreign exchange rates

32. Subsequent events

33. Additional disclosures on financial instruments

34. Group companies as of December 31, 2014