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Goodwill
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Goodwill
17.
Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2024 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alibaba

 

 

Cainiao

 

 

 

 

 

Digital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taobao

 

 

 

 

 

International

 

 

Smart

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

Cloud

 

 

Digital

 

 

Logistics

 

 

Local

 

 

and

 

 

Innovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tmall

 

 

Intelligence

 

 

Commerce

 

 

Network

 

 

Services

 

 

Entertainment

 

 

Initiatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group

 

 

Group

 

 

Group

 

 

Limited

 

 

Group

 

 

Group

 

 

and others

 

 

All others

 

 

Total

 

Balance as of March 31, 2022

 

 

174,947

 

 

 

3,063

 

 

 

17,461

 

 

 

16,346

 

 

 

20,292

 

 

 

33,532

 

 

 

3,940

 

 

 

 

 

 

269,581

 

Additions

 

 

 

 

 

394

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

583

 

Impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,714

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,714

)

Foreign currency translation
   adjustments

 

 

9

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

593

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

641

 

Balance as of March 31, 2023

 

 

174,956

 

 

 

3,490

 

 

 

18,151

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

124

 

 

 

1,470

 

 

 

 

 

 

155

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,782

 

Deconsolidations

 

 

(107

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(114

)

Impairment (i)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,490

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,031

)

 

 

(10,521

)

Foreign currency translation
   adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

412

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

441

 

Balance as of March 31, 2024

 

 

164,945

 

 

 

3,638

 

 

 

20,033

 

 

 

16,442

 

 

 

20,447

 

 

 

11,601

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,573

 

 

 

259,679

 

 

(i)
As of the annual goodwill impairment assessment date, considered the changes in market conditions, the Company performed a quantitative impairment test on Youku, a reporting unit under Digital Media and Entertainment Group and recognized an impairment charge of RMB8,490 million. The fair value of the 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.

Gross goodwill balances were RMB300,425 million and RMB302,534 million as of March 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively. Accumulated impairment losses were RMB32,334 million and RMB42,855 million as of March 31, 2023 and 2024, 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 RMB25,141 million, RMB2,714 million and RMB10,521 million during the years ended March 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively. The goodwill impairment is presented as an unallocated item in the segment information (Note 26) because the CODM of the Company does not consider this as part of the segment operating performance measure.