Prepayments, receivables and other assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of components of prepayments, receivables and other assets

	As of March 31,
	2024		2025
	RMB		RMB
	(in millions)
Current:
Accounts receivable and contract assets, net of allowance		30,686		31,172
Inventories		25,460		18,887
VAT receivables, net of allowance		19,904		26,336
Prepaid cost of revenue, sales and marketing and other expenses		17,784		20,556
Advances to/receivables from customers, merchants and others		11,508		52,976
Amounts due from related companies		8,257		12,058
Interest receivables		10,055		6,533
Deferred direct selling costs and cost of revenue (i)		6,482		5,365
Others		13,400		28,292
		143,536		202,175
Non-current:
Operating lease right-of-use assets		76,927		39,202
Deferred tax assets (Note 7)		11,361		13,161
Film costs and prepayment for licensed copyrights and others		12,073		12,889
Prepayment for acquisition of property and equipment		11,345		6,799
Others		4,396		11,380
		116,102		83,431

(i)The Company is obligated to pay certain costs upon the receipt of membership fees from merchants or other customers, which primarily consist of sales commissions, and certain costs associated with cloud services. The membership fees and cloud services revenue are initially deferred and recognized as revenue in the consolidated income statements in the period in which the services are rendered. As such, the related costs are also initially deferred and recognized in the consolidated income statements in the same period as the related service fees and revenue are recognized.