Disallowance u/s.40A(3) - expenses towards air ticket and hotel...

Disallowance u/s.40A(3) - expenses towards air ticket and hotel expenses in cash in excess of prescribed limit u/s.40A(3) - there is merit in arguments of the assessee that it has acted only as agent for his customers and has booked air ticket on behalf of its customers, because it is general practice in this kind of industry that tour operators will collect money from its customers and in turn, make cash payments for booking air ticket, because airlines generally does not accept cheque payments, other than cash payment or on line payment. Therefore, this fact needs to be verified from the Assessing Officer to ascertain fact with regard to arguments of the assessee that it has made cash payment to airlines on behalf of its customers as their agent and thus, same needs to be outside scope of section 40A(3). - AT