Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

19.   Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

	As of March 31,
	2015		2016
	(in millions of RMB)
Current:
Accrued cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses		5,158		8,328
Accrued bonus and staff costs, including sales commission		6,377		8,210
Other deposits received in rendering services on e-commerce marketplaces		1,391		1,503
Amounts due to related companies (i)		927		1,456
Accruals for purchases of property and equipment		701		1,248
Payable to third party marketing affiliates		667		1,051
Other taxes payable (ii)		635		943
Accrued professional services expenses		302		603
Accrual for interest expense		535		571
Accrued donations		339		549
Liabilities arising from treasury management activities		776		539
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions		329		322
Unvested share options exercised		518		321
Others		1,179		1,690
		19,834		27,334
Non-current:
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions		1,953		1,851
Others		197		315
		2,150		2,166

(i)Amounts due to related companies primarily represent balances arising from the transactions with Ant Financial Services and its subsidiaries (Note 23). The balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable within the next twelve months.

(ii)Other taxes payable represents business tax, value-added tax and related surcharges and PRC individual income tax of employees withheld by the Company.