TDS u/s 194C - payments made by the assessee to its affiliates -...

TDS u/s 194C - payments made by the assessee to its affiliates - Payment towards face value of the meal vouchers to the affiliates - The entire scheme relating to issuance of printed meal vouchers read with PSS Act and RBI Master Circular make it clear that the assessee is merely a facilitator or a medium for enabling payments to be made by the user of the vouchers to the affiliates when the user purchases food and non alcoholic beverage from the affiliates. In other words, the assessee is merely providing the service of an alternative mode of making payment. - The payment made by the assessee towards face value of the meal vouchers to the affiliates are not in the nature of payment made towards works contract so as to fall within the provision of section 194C - Demand raised under section 201(1) and 201(1A) are deleted - AT