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Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities |
Schedule of accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities |
|  |  | As of March 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |
|  |  | (in millions of RMB) |
| Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Accrued bonus and staff costs, including sales commission |  |  | 3,412 |  |  | 6,377 |
| Accrued cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses |  |  | 2,046 |  |  | 5,158 |
| Other deposits received in rendering services on e-commerce marketplaces |  |  | 1,156 |  |  | 1,391 |
| Amounts due to related companies (i) |  |  | 300 |  |  | 927 |
| Liabilities arising from treasury management activities |  |  | 250 |  |  | 776 |
| Accruals for purchases of property and equipment |  |  | 454 |  |  | 701 |
| Payable due to third party marketing affiliates |  |  | 649 |  |  | 667 |
| Other taxes payable (ii) |  |  | 705 |  |  | 635 |
| Accrual for interest expense |  |  | 402 |  |  | 535 |
| Unvested share options exercised |  |  | 850 |  |  | 518 |
| Accrued donations |  |  | 262 |  |  | 339 |
| Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions |  |  | 443 |  |  | 329 |
| Accrued professional services expenses |  |  | 126 |  |  | 302 |
| Others |  |  | 832 |  |  | 1,179 |
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|  |  |  | 11,887 |  |  | 19,834 |
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| Non-current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Contingent and deferred consideration and put liability in relation to investments and acquisitions |  |  | 54 |  |  | 1,953 |
| Others |  |  | 18 |  |  | 197 |
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|  |  |  | 72 |  |  | 2,150 |
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(i) | Amounts due to related companies primarily represent balances arising from the transactions with Yahoo and the transactions with Ant Financial Services and its subsidiaries. The balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable within the next twelve months.
(ii) | Other taxes payable represents business tax, value-added tax and related surcharges and PRC individual income tax of employees withheld by the Company.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the (a) carrying value as of the balance sheet date of liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business (accounts payable); (b) other payables; and (c) accrued liabilities. Examples include taxes, interest, rent and utilities. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). An alternative caption includes accrued expenses. + References No definition available. + Details
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