You probably received or will shortly receive a debit note from Silfin for guarantee fees.
This matter was raised by Silfin several months back but it was not clear how they would handle it. Its clear now that they have decided to charge a guarantee fee and they need to get it done before Dec 31.
This is a fee to Silfin for guaranteeing the intercompany loans and overdraft/LC facilities that some BUs are using.
The logic is that Silfin is providing a service and therefore cannot issue a guarantee for free. If they do not charge a fee, they will have a transfer pricing problem at their end. Of course its debatable then that SAS Group can go elsewhere for the lines but this doesn't work because we are operating as a group.
So we should consider this as Global Group directive and I personally see no way out. However, we will just check the loan balances used to calculate the fee in early January to double check. The actual fee calculation formula is from them and I don't believe we can debate the formula either.
On the attached you can see the basis of the calculation for your country.
I suggest that you should take up the accrual in the Dec books. The accounts to be booked that they recommend should be below EBITDA so this will be less of a concern for KPI purposes as it doesn't affect your KPIs.
Any questions, let us know and apologies it just appeared out of no where but its a year end requirement that they just had to get out fast to meet the 2013 calender deadline.