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Income tax expenses- Composition of deferred tax assets and liabilities (Details) - CNY (¥) ¥ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |  |  |
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Mar. 31, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2022 | Mar. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2019
Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |
Licensed copyrights |  | ¥ 3,893 | ¥ 3,664 |
Tax losses carried forward and others |  | 46,945 | 40,031 |
Total deferred tax assets, gross |  | 50,838 | 43,695 |
Valuation allowance |  | (36,363) | (32,654) |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 14,475 | 11,041 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |
Identifiable intangible assets |  | (20,773) | (22,212) |
Withholding tax on undistributed earnings |  | (8,106) | (8,066) |
Equity method investees and others |  | (32,827) | (29,320) |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | (61,706) | (59,598) |
Net deferred tax liabilities |  | (47,231) | (48,557) |
Undistributed earnings intended to be invested indefinitely in the PRC |  | 176,400 | ¥ 195,300 |
Ant Group |  |  |  |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |
Deferred tax effect | ¥ 19,700 |  |  |
Equity interest (as a percent) | 33.00% |  |  | 33.00%
Singapore |  |  |  |
Income tax |  |  |  |
Accumulated tax losses of subsidiaries |  | 20,319 |  |
Hong Kong |  |  |  |
Income tax |  |  |  |
Accumulated tax losses of subsidiaries |  | 7,008 |  |
Indonesia |  |  |  |
Income tax |  |  |  |
Accumulated tax losses of subsidiaries |  | 4,071 |  |
PRC |  |  |  |
Income tax |  |  |  |
Accumulated tax losses of subsidiaries |  | ¥ 129,793 |  |

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