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Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans

15. Employee Benefit Plans

  

Employees of the Company located in Hong Kong participate in a compulsory saving scheme (pension fund) for the retirement of residents in Hong Kong. Employees are required to contribute monthly to mandatory provident fund schemes provided by approved private organizations, according to their salaries and the period of employment. The Group has a defined contribution pension scheme for its qualifying employees. The scheme assets are held under a provident fund managed by an independent fund manager. The Company and its employees are each required to make contributions to the scheme calculated at 5% of the employees’ basic salaries on monthly basis.

 

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

 

Employment Ordinance of the Laws of Hong Kong requires employers to assure the liability of severance payment if an employee who has been working for the employer for not less than 24 months under a continuous contract is, due to redundancy, dismissed, laid off, or upon expiry of a fixed-term employment contract. The ordinance also requires employers to assure the liability of long service payment if an employee who has been working for the employer for not less than 5 years under a continuous contract is dismissed, dies, resigns on ground of ill health or on or after 65 years old, or upon expiry of a fixed-term employment contract. There were 127, 236 and 304 employees as of March 31,2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

The following table sets forth a summary of net periodic benefit cost for the years ended March 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023:

 

   Year Ended March 31, 
   2025   2024   2023 
Interest cost  $1,390   $4,004    1,835 
Current service cost   17,416    39,295    25,770 
Gain on settlement   (81,046)   (18,150)   (3,253)
Recognized net actuarial (gains) losses   (23,832)   12,715    27,186 
Net periodic benefit cost  $(86,072)  $37,864    51,538 

 

   2025   2024   2023 
Actuarial assumptions used to determine net cost:            
Discount rate   2.88% - 3.64%    3.48% - 4.30%    3.00% - 3.71% 
Expected return on assets   3.00% - 3.64%    3.48% - 4.30%    3.00% - 3.71% 
Rate of increase in salary   2.50%   2.50%   2.50%

Undiscounted future benefit payments under the plans for the next ten years are estimated as follows:

 

For the year ending March 31,    
2026  $61,914 
2027   9,319 
2028   9,319 
2029   24,582 
2030   28,438 
2031 - 2035   238,177 
Total  $371,749 

 

The following tables provide a reconciliation of the changes in the benefit obligations during the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and a summary of the funded status as of March 31, 2025 and 2024:

 

   Year Ended March 31, 
   2025   2024   2023 
Change in Benefit Obligations, (net)               
Balance at beginning of year  $146,191   $107,956   $56,633 
Interest cost   1,390    4,004    1,835 
Current service cost   17,416    39,295    25,770 
Gain on settlement   (81,046)   (18,150)   (3,253)
Actuarial (gain) loss   (23,832)   12,715    27,186 
Exchange difference   710    371    (215)
Balance at end of year  $60,829   $146,191   $107,956 

 

   2025   2024 
Gross long service payment obligation  $(96,934)  $(247,509)
Add: Attributed contributions   36,105    101,318 
Total net unfunded amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets  $(60,829)  $(146,191)
           
Net unfunded amounts recognized in consolidated balance sheets consist of:          
Current liabilities included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities  $(26,467)  $(44,423)
Long-term liabilities included in other long-term liabilities, net of current portion   (34,362)   (101,768)
Total net unfunded amount recognized in consolidated balance sheets  $(60,829)  $(146,191)