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Other Current Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Current Assets


Other current assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consist of the following (in thousands):
 
2019
 
2018
Tax receivables principally value added taxes
$
16,049

 
$
16,372

Receivable due from information technology provider
6,262

 

Prepaid insurance
2,918

 
2,626

Service contracts
2,013

 
2,201

Prepaid social charges
1,216

 

Derivatives (foreign currency forward contracts)
838

 
1,020

Prepaid inventory
684

 
521

Recoverable income taxes
297

 
787

Prepaid debt fees
207

 
395

Prepaid and other current assets
7,425

 
7,141

Other Current Assets
$
37,909

 
$
31,063



In the fourth quarter of 2019, the company entered into an agreement with to outsource substantially all of the company’s information technology ("IT") business service activities, including, among other things, support, rationalization and upgrading of the company’s legacy information technology systems and implementation of a global enterprise resource planning system. The agreement provides for reimbursement by the IT provider of IT expenses incurred by the company which are shown as Receivable due from IT provider above. The amount of pass through charges will diminish as IT expenses are recorded directly by the IT provider. In addition, a corresponding current payable is due to the IT provider. See "Accrued Expenses" in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report.











Regarding prepaid social charges, the company was in a liability position as of December 31, 2018.