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Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Schedule of accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities | ​
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​ | ​ | As of | ​ | As of
​ |  | March 31, 2020 |  | September 30, 2020
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Payables and accruals for cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses | ​ | 67,173 | ​ | 73,063
Other deposits and advances received (i) |  | 25,443 |  | 28,591
Payable to merchants and third party marketing affiliates |  | 15,763 |  | 20,392
Accrued bonus and staff costs, including sales commission |  | 16,860 |  | 15,459
Payables and accruals for purchases of property and equipment | ​ | 7,613 | ​ | 11,685
Other taxes payable (ii) | ​ | 5,479 | ​ | 6,801
Amounts due to related companies (iii) | ​ | 4,875 | ​ | 5,194
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions |  | 4,680 |  | 4,847
Operating lease liabilities (Note 6) | ​ | 2,766 | ​ | 2,579
Accrued professional services and administrative expenses | ​ | 2,176 | ​ | 1,655
Accrued donations | ​ | 1,806 | ​ | 1,474
Accrual for interest expense |  | 869 |  | 1,012
Others | ​ | 6,033 | ​ | 5,585
​ |  | 161,536 |  | 178,337
Non-current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating lease liabilities (Note 6) | ​ | 19,091 | ​ | 19,432
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions |  | 4,850 |  | 1,200
Others |  | 1,322 |  | 1,375
​ |  | 25,263 |  | 22,007
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| (i) | Other deposits and advances received include customer protection fund deposits received from merchants on the Company’s China retail marketplaces.
| (ii) | Other taxes payable primarily represent VAT and PRC individual income tax of employees withheld by the Company.
| (iii) | Amounts due to related companies primarily represent balances arising from the transactions with Ant Group (Note 20). The balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable within the next twelve months.

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