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Goodwill | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill | 17. Goodwill Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the years ended March 31, 2024 and 2025 were as follows:
|  |  |  |  | Alibaba |  |  |  |  |  | Cainiao |  |  |  |  |  | Hujing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Taobao |  |  | International |  |  |  |  |  | Smart |  |  |  |  |  | Digital |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | and |  |  | Digital |  |  | Cloud |  |  | Logistics |  |  | Local |  |  | Media and |  |  | Innovation |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Tmall |  |  | Commerce |  |  | Intelligence |  |  | Network |  |  | Services |  |  | Entertainment |  |  | Initiatives |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Group |  |  | Group |  |  | Group |  |  | Limited |  |  | Group |  |  | Group |  |  | and others |  |  | All others |  |  | Total |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
Balance as of March 31, 2023 |  |  | 174,956 |  |  |  | 18,151 |  |  |  | 3,490 |  |  |  | 16,437 |  |  |  | 20,292 |  |  |  | 30,825 |  |  |  | 3,940 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 268,091 |
Transfer due to segment changes |  |  | (9,937 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (10,734 | ) |  |  | (3,940 | ) |  |  | 24,611 |  |  |  | — |
Additions |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 1,470 |  |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 155 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,782 |
Deconsolidations |  |  | (107 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (114 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (8,490 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,031 | ) |  |  | (10,521 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 412 |  |  |  | 24 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 441 |
Balance as of March 31, 2024 |  |  | 164,945 |  |  |  | 20,033 |  |  |  | 3,638 |  |  |  | 16,442 |  |  |  | 20,447 |  |  |  | 11,601 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 22,573 |  |  |  | 259,679 |
Additions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 84 |  |  |  | 3,942 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 726 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 147 |  |  |  | 4,899 |
Deconsolidations |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,957 | ) |  |  | (2,957 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4,296 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,875 | ) |  |  | (6,171 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 51 |
Balance as of March 31, 2025 |  |  | 164,945 |  |  |  | 20,077 |  |  |  | 3,728 |  |  |  | 20,385 |  |  |  | 20,447 |  |  |  | 8,031 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 17,888 |  |  |  | 255,501 |
Gross goodwill balances were RMB 302,534 million and RMB 302,194 million as of March 31, 2024 and 2025, respectively. Accumulated impairment losses were RMB 42,855 million and RMB 46,693 million as of March 31, 2024 and 2025, 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 RMB 2,714 million, RMB 10,521 million and RMB 6,171 million during the years ended March 31, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. During the year ended March 31, 2024, considered the changes in market conditions, the Company performed a quantitative impairment test on one reporting unit under Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group, and recognized an impairment charge of RMB 8,490 million. The fair value of this reporting unit was determined based on the discounted cash flow analysis using the assumptions including the future growth rates and the weighted average cost of capital. No further impairment charge was recognized relating to this reporting unit during the year ended March 31, 2025. 17. Goodwill (Continued) During the year ended March 31, 2025, considered the changes in market conditions, the Company performed a quantitative impairment test on another reporting unit under Hujing Digital Media and Entertainment Group and recognized an impairment charge of RMB 4,296 million. The fair value of this reporting unit was determined based on its market capitalization. The goodwill impairment is not allocated to segments because the CODM of the Company does not consider this as part of the segment operating performance measure (Note 28).

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