v3.26.1
Prepaid expenses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
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Prepaid expenses
7.
Prepaid expenses
The Group pays commissions to its retail stores and authorized dealers, primarily for wireless and fixed-line telecommunication services based on their performance of attracting new customers and renewing contracts with existing customers. The Group recognizes costs among the commissions that would not have incurred if a contract had not been entered into with a customer as prepaid expenses. These prepaid expenses are amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected customer retention periods.
 
  (1)
Details of prepaid expenses as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
(In millions of won)
             
    
December 31, 2025
    
December 31, 2024
 
Current assets:
     
Incremental costs of obtaining contracts
   ₩ 2,061,667        1,881,608  
Others
     74,096        64,002  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
   ₩ 2,135,763        1,945,610  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Non-current
assets:
     
Incremental costs of obtaining contracts
   ₩ 1,208,600        1,038,170  
Others
     72,151        70,236  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
   ₩ 1,280,751        1,108,406  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
  (2)
Incremental costs of obtaining contracts
Amortization in connection with incremental costs of obtaining contracts recognized as an asset for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:
 
(In millions of won)
                    
    
2025
    
2024
    
2023
 
Amortization recognized
   ₩ 2,596,632        2,493,346        2,505,724