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The assessee is in the business of air transport. The Assessing Officer treated as perquisite the free interairline tickets provided to the employees of the assessee by other airlines. He held the assessee liable for short deduction of tax at source. The CIT(Appeals) and the Tribunal allowed the assessee’s claim that there is no perquisite.
On appeal by the Revenue, the Delhi High Court upheld the decision of the Tribunal and held as under:
“The Tribunal did not commit any error in deleting the addition. The Department was unable to explain how the free air ticket provided to the employees of the assessee by some other airlines could be treated as perquisites provided by the assessee.”
