Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

18.   Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

	As of March 31,
	2016		2017
	(in millions of RMB)
Current:
Accrued cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses		8,328		20,165
Accrued bonus and staff costs, including sales commission		8,210		8,249
Accruals for purchases of property and equipment		1,248		2,554
Other deposits and advances received in relation to services on e-commerce marketplaces		2,021		3,023
Amounts due to related companies (i)		1,456		2,167
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions		322		2,311
Payable to third party marketing affiliates		1,051		1,566
Other taxes payable (ii)		943		1,549
Accrued donations		549		880
Accrued professional services expenses		603		709
Accrual for interest expense		571		445
Unvested share options exercised		321		146
Liabilities arising from treasury management activities		539		78
Others		1,172		3,344
		27,334		47,186
Non-current:
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions		1,851		630
Others		315		660
		2,166		1,290

(i)	Amounts due to related companies primarily represent balances arising from the transactions with Ant Financial Services and its subsidiaries (Note 22). The balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable within the next twelve months.
(ii)	Other taxes payable represents business tax, VAT and related surcharges and PRC individual income tax of employees withheld by the Company.