The free sample of medicine is only to prove the efficacy and to ...

Free Medicine Samples for Doctors: Promotional Activities, Not Freebies, and Tax-Deductible Expenses.

January 17, 2018

Case Laws Income Tax AT

The free sample of medicine is only to prove the efficacy and to establish the trust of the doctors on the quality of the drugs. This again cannot be reckoned as freebies given to the doctors but for promotion of its products. - expenses allowed - AT

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The free sample of medicine is only to prove the efficacy and to ...

Free Medicine Samples for Doctors: Promotional Activities, Not Freebies, and Tax-Deductible Expenses.

January 17, 2018

Case Laws Income Tax AT

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