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Goodwill | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Goodwill |
Goodwill | 16. Goodwill Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2017 were as follows:
|  | Core commerce |  | Cloud computing |  | Digital media and entertainment |  | Innovation initiatives and others |  | Total |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
Balance as of April 1, 2015 |  |  | 16,297 |  |  | 368 |  |  | 20,498 |  |  | 4,770 |  |  | 41,933 |
Additions |  |  | 49,926 |  |  | — |  |  | 797 |  |  | — |  |  | 50,723 |
Deconsolidation of a subsidiary (Note 4(j)) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10,556 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10,556 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (361 | ) |  | (94 | ) |  | (455 | )
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Balance as of March 31, 2016 |  |  | 66,223 |  |  | 368 |  |  | 10,378 |  |  | 4,676 |  |  | 81,645 |
Additions |  |  | 13,298 |  |  | — |  |  | 30,110 |  |  | — |  |  | 43,408 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  | 334 |  |  | — |  |  | 33 |  |  | — |  |  | 367 |
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Balance as of March 31, 2017 |  |  | 79,855 |  |  | 368 |  |  | 40,521 |  |  | 4,676 |  |  | 125,420 |
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Gross goodwill balances were RMB85,095 million and RMB128,870 million as of March 31, 2016 and 2017, respectively. Accumulated impairment losses were RMB3,450 million and RMB3,450 million as of the same dates, respectively. In the annual goodwill impairment assessment, the Company concluded that the carrying amounts of certain reporting units exceeded their respective fair values and recorded impairment losses of RMB175 million, RMB455 million and nil during the years ended March 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. The impairment losses were resulted from a revision of long-term financial outlook and the change in business model of those reporting units. The impairment loss was determined by comparing the carrying amounts of goodwill associated with the reporting units with their respective implied fair values of the goodwill. The goodwill impairment is presented as an unallocated item in the segment information (Note 26) because the CODM of the Company does not consider this as part of the segment operating performance measure.

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