03 August 2014
The payments made to a travel agent or an airline for purchase of a ticket for travel would not be subjected to tax deduction at source as the privity of the contract is between the individual passenger and the airline/travel agent, notwithstanding the fact that the payment is made by an entity mentioned in section 194C(1). The provision of section 1 94C shall, however, apply when a plane or a bus or any other mode of transport is chartered by one of the entities mentioned in section 1 94C of the Act. As regards payments made to clearing and forwarding agent for carriage of goods, the same shall be subjected to tax deduction at source under section 194C of the Act. Circular: No. 715, dated 8-8- 1995.