Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

Schedule of accrued expenses, accounts payable and other liabilities

	As of March 31,
	2017		2018
	(in millions of RMB)
Current:
Payables and accruals for cost of revenue and sales and marketing expenses		20,165		40,363
Accrued bonus and staff costs, including sales commission		8,249		11,212
Payable to merchants and third party marketing affiliates		3,177		6,584
Other deposits and advances received		2,314		6,271
Payables and accruals for purchases of property and equipment		2,554		6,095
Other taxes payable (i)		1,549		2,382
Amounts due to related companies (ii)		2,167		1,996
Accrued donations		880		1,215
Accrued professional services expenses		709		889
Accrual for interest expense		445		885
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions		2,311		807
Others		2,459		2,466
		46,979		81,165
Non-current:
Contingent and deferred consideration in relation to investments and acquisitions		630		408
Others		660		1,637
		1,290		2,045

(i)	Other taxes payable represent business tax, VAT and related surcharges and PRC individual income tax of employees withheld by the Company.
(ii)	Amounts due to related companies primarily represent balances arising from the transactions with Ant Financial and its subsidiaries (Note 21). The balances are unsecured, interest free and repayable within the next twelve months.