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Accounts receivable, net
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Accounts receivable, net  
Accounts receivable, net

8.  Accounts receivable, net

 

Accounts receivable, net, consists of the following:

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2016

 

 

 

RMB

 

RMB

 

Online direct sales and online marketplace receivables

 

7,579,868

 

16,336,141

 

Online payment processing transactions receivables

 

385,547

 

770,134

 

Advertising receivables

 

121,170

 

179,498

 

Others

 

379,059

 

594,947

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

8,465,644

 

17,880,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(271,979

)

(416,312

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

8,193,665

 

17,464,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The movements in the allowance for doubtful accounts were as follows:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2014

 

2015

 

2016

 

 

 

RMB

 

RMB

 

RMB

 

Balance at beginning of the year

 

(1,770

)

(63,715

)

(271,979

)

Additions

 

(64,424

)

(273,772

)

(408,316

)

Reverse

 

868

 

 

 

Write-offs

 

1,611

 

65,508

 

263,983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at end of the year

 

(63,715

)

(271,979

)

(416,312

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The value-added tax receivables due from customers are recorded in online direct sales and online marketplace receivables. The allowance for doubtful accounts related to the Group’s financing receivables from individual customers related to the online direct sales business was RMB253,347 and RMB398,815 as of December 31, 2015 and 2016, respectively.