| Group | Automotive (unaudited supplementary information) |
Financial Services (unaudited supplementary information) |
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| in € million | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Profit / loss before tax | 16,060 | 5,222 | 11,805 | 2,722 | 3,753 | 1,725 |
| Income taxes paid | – 3,217 | – 1,605 | – 1,805 | – 382 | – 1,423 | – 1,513 |
| Interest received 1 | 130 | 163 | 220 | 283 | 2 | 3 |
| Other interest and similar income / expenses 1 | 78 | 104 | 115 | 152 | 1 | 1 |
| Depreciation and amortisation of tangible and intangible assets | 6,495 | 6,139 | 6,341 | 5,974 | 35 | 46 |
| Other non-cash income and expense items | – 713 | 99 | – 470 | 94 | – | 6 |
| Result from equity accounted investments | – 1,520 | – 920 | – 1,520 | – 920 | – | – |
| Change in leased products | – 1,282 | – 1,016 | – | – | – 1,602 | – 311 |
| Change in receivables from sales financing | 965 | 4,192 | – | – | 926 | 4,184 |
| Changes in working capital | 1,355 | – 996 | 762 | – 841 | 433 | – 76 |
| Change in inventories | – 563 | 370 | – 1,032 | 422 | 438 | – 43 |
| Change in trade receivables | 119 | 160 | – 16 | 191 | 6 | 1 |
| Change in trade payables | 1,799 | – 1,526 | 1,810 | – 1,454 | – 11 | – 34 |
| Change in provisions | – 1,256 | 1,115 | – 1,440 | 1,122 | 87 | 129 |
| Change in other operating assets and liabilities | – 1,192 | 754 | – 1,425 | – 26 | 1,047 | – 1,432 |
| Cash inflow / outflow from operating activities | 15,903 | 13,251 | 12,583 | 8,178 | 3,259 | 2,762 |
| Total investment in intangible assets and property, plant and equipment | – 6,619 | – 6,150 | – 6,439 | – 5,990 | – 12 | – 14 |
| Proceeds from subsidies for intangible assets and property, plant and equipment | 54 | 53 | 43 | 45 | 11 | 8 |
| Proceeds from the disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment | 40 | 34 | 39 | 34 | 1 | – |
| Expenditure for investment assets | – 158 | – 176 | – 132 | – 199 | – 1 | – |
| Proceeds from the disposal of investment assets and other business units 2 | 263 | 1,328 | 260 | 1,327 | – | – |
| Investments in marketable securities and investment funds | – 271 | – 925 | – 16 | – 829 | – 185 | – 91 |
| Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities and investment funds | 302 | 2,200 | 37 | 1,679 | 260 | 521 |
| Cash inflow / outflow from investing activities | – 6,389 | – 3,636 | – 6,208 | – 3,933 | 74 | 424 |
| Payments into equity | 103 | 28 | 103 | 28 | – | – |
| Payment of dividends for the previous year | – 1,277 | – 1,671 | – 1,277 | – 1,671 | – | – |
| Intragroup financing and equity transactions | – | – | – 1,545 | – 901 | – 2,511 | – 2,438 |
| Interest paid 1 | – 217 | – 275 | – 367 | – 447 | – 27 | – 18 |
| Proceeds from issue of non-current financial liabilities | 224,916 | 164,478 | – | – | 218,348 | 153,823 |
| Repayment of non-current financial liabilities | – 232,089 | – 171,532 | – 659 | – 982 | – 219,488 | – 156,657 |
| Change in other financial liabilities | 1,829 | 718 | – | – | 1,049 | 2,782 |
| Cash inflow / outflow from financing activities | – 6,735 | – 8,254 | – 3,745 | – 3,973 | – 2,629 | – 2,508 |
| Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents | – 307 | 180 | – 143 | 130 | – 96 | 110 |
| Effect of changes in composition of Group on cash and cash equivalents | – | – 40 | – | 43 | – | – |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents | 2,472 | 1,501 | 2,487 | 445 | 608 | 788 |
| Cash and cash equivalents as at 1 January | 13,537 | 12,036 | 9,522 | 9,077 | 2,863 | 2,075 |
| Cash and cash equivalents as at 31 December | 16,009 | 13,537 | 12,009 | 9,522 | 3,471 | 2,863 |
1 With the exception of interest for lease liabilities, interest relating to financial services business is classified as revenues / cost of sales.
2 Includes dividends received from investment assets amounting to € – million (2020: € 1.020 million).