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Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities |
Schedule of accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities | ​
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​ | ​ | As of March 31,
​ |  | 2021 |  | 2022
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Payables and accruals for cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses | ​ | 94,368 | ​ | 107,205
Other deposits and advances received (i) |  | 53,794 |  | 55,200
Accrued bonus and staff costs, including sales commission |  | 24,871 |  | 28,343
Payable to merchants and third party marketing affiliates | ​ | 24,681 | ​ | 26,798
Anti-monopoly Fine (Note 25(b)) | ​ | 18,228 | ​ | —
Payables and accruals for purchases of property and equipment | ​ | 11,836 | ​ | 17,032
Other taxes payable (ii) | ​ | 7,922 | ​ | 8,761
Amounts due to related companies (iii) | ​ | 5,926 | ​ | 7,783
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions |  | 4,146 |  | 2,045
Operating lease liabilities (Note 6) | ​ | 4,069 | ​ | 4,994
Escrow money payable |  | 211 |  | 203
Others | ​ | 11,088 | ​ | 13,096
​ |  | 261,140 |  | 271,460
Non-current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Operating lease liabilities (Note 6) | ​ | 28,217 | ​ | 30,259
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions |  | 1,049 |  | 990
Others |  | 1,488 |  | 628
​ |  | 30,754 |  | 31,877
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| (i) | Other deposits and advances received as of March 31, 2021 and 2022 include consumer protection fund deposits received from merchants on the Company’s marketplaces (Note 10).
| (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 22). The balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable within the next twelve months.

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