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Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract] |
Schedule of accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities |
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |
|  | RMB |  |  | RMB |
|  | (in millions) |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Payables and accruals for cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses (i) |  |  | 118,057 |  |  |  | 110,887 |
Other deposits and advances received (ii) |  |  | 54,508 |  |  |  | 53,793 |
Payable to merchants and third party marketing affiliates |  |  | 32,989 |  |  |  | 44,845 |
Accrued bonus and staff costs, including sales commission |  |  | 29,631 |  |  |  | 31,705 |
Payables and accruals for purchases of property and equipment |  |  | 19,840 |  |  |  | 34,312 |
Amounts due to related companies (iii) |  |  | 9,503 |  |  |  | 8,130 |
Other taxes payable (iv) |  |  | 7,934 |  |  |  | 7,641 |
Operating lease liabilities (Note 6) |  |  | 5,871 |  |  |  | 3,944 |
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions |  |  | 1,094 |  |  |  | 8,590 |
Others |  |  | 18,456 |  |  |  | 28,690 |
|  |  | 297,883 |  |  |  | 332,537 |
Non-current: |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease liabilities (Note 6) |  |  | 28,967 |  |  |  | 13,463 |
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions |  |  | 1,473 |  |  |  | 1,370 |
Others |  |  | 1,427 |  |  |  | 2,811 |
|  |  | 31,867 |  |  |  | 17,644 |
(i) Payables and accruals for cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses include payables which are collateralized by a pledge of certain short-term investments and other treasury investments with carrying values of nil and RMB 3,697 million as of March 31, 2024 and 2025, respectively. (ii) Other deposits and advances received as of March 31, 2024 and 2025 include buyer protection fund deposits received from merchants on the Company’s marketplaces (Note 10). (iii) Amounts due to related companies primarily represent balances arising from the transactions with Ant Group (Note 24). The balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable within the next twelve months. (iv) Other taxes payable primarily represent VAT and PRC individual income tax of employees withheld by the Company.

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