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Related party transactions (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Ant Group and its affiliates |
Related party transactions |
Schedule of transactions | ​
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​ | ​ | Six months
​ | ​ | ended
​ | ​ | September 30,
​ |  | 2019 |  | 2020
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Amounts earned by the Company | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Profit Share Payments (i) |  | 3,835 | ​ | —
Annual fee for SME loan business | ​ | 478 | ​ | 478
Administrative and support services |  | 611 | ​ | 565
Cloud computing revenue | ​ | 614 | ​ | 2,377
Marketplace software technology services fee and other amounts earned |  | 1,251 | ​ | 1,441
​ |  | 6,789 | ​ | 4,861
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Amounts incurred by the Company | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Payment processing and escrow services fee |  | 4,561 | ​ | 4,804
Other amounts incurred |  | 1,445 | ​ | 2,102
​ |  | 6,006 | ​ | 6,906
​ ​ 20. Related party transactions (Continued) ​
| (i) | In 2014, the Company entered into an amendment and restatement of the intellectual property license agreement with Alipay (the “2014 IPLA”). Under the 2014 IPLA, the Company received, in addition to a software technology service fee, royalty streams related to Alipay and other current and future businesses of Ant Group (collectively, the “Profit Share Payments”). The Profit Share Payments were paid at least annually and equaled the sum of an expense reimbursement plus 37.5% of the consolidated pre-tax income of Ant Group, subject to certain adjustments. The expense reimbursement represented the reimbursement for the costs and expenses incurred by the Company in the provision of software technology services. Income in connection with the Profit Share Payments, net of costs incurred by the Company, was recorded in other income, net, in the condensed consolidated income statement for the six months ended September 30, 2019. Upon the receipt of the 33% equity interest in Ant Group in September 2019, the Company terminated the 2014 IPLA, and accordingly the Profit Share Payments arrangement was terminated.

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