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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS (AAR No.1110 of 2011) Background The assessee (applicant) is engaged in publishing, printing and reprinting of educational books for schools, Universities, Professional and other educational institutions or scholarly books. The applicant has appointed Ms Geetha Kumararaja, a resident of Colombo, Sri Lanka as a marketing executive that involves promotion of sale of books published by the applicant. The question before the AAR was whether the remuneration received by Ms Geetha was chargeable to tax in India and consequently, whether the payment should be subjected to tax deduction under the income tax Act. 

Sales promotion and marketing activity cannot be construed as ‘fees for technical service’ – AAR