Foreign LTC/LFC payments involving an overseas leg or circuitous...

Foreign LTC/LFC payments involving an overseas leg or circuitous route fall outside the Section 10(5) exemption, which Rule 2B limits to actual eligible travel to a place in India and shortest-route fare ceilings. Reimbursement limited to a domestic-fare equivalent or a domestic segment does not preserve the exemption. Under Section 192, employers must include known non-exempt payments in estimated salary and deduct tax based on available claim particulars, although they have no unlimited verification duty. Interim recovery restraints do not automatically suspend TDS obligations. Section 201 relief requires recipient-specific return, tax-payment and accountant-certificate proof; interest and Section 271C penalty require separate analysis, including reasonable cause.