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Transport of goods is considered as an contract because as per the definition of work given in 194C it also includes transport of goods. Refer the explanation given below:
(iv) “work” shall include—
(a) advertising;
(b) broadcasting and telecasting including production of programmes for such broadcasting or telecasting;
(c) carriage of goods or passengers by any mode of transport other than by railways;
(d) catering;
(e) manufacturing or supplying a product according to the requirement or specification of a customer by using material purchased from such customer,
but does not include manufacturing or supplying a product according to the requirement or specification of a customer by using material purchased from a person, other than such customer.]
Thus TDS needs to be made on the amount if single bill exceeds 30k or aggregrate bills exceeds 75k.
Goods transport means if any goods are being transported through an transport agency such as say in case of an co carrying on the business of manufacturing shirts, so it requires cotton. the cotton needs to be transported from the place of the person supplying it to the place of factory to manufacture shirts.
In case of courier, the courier co's main job is like that of postal service, only thing is that instead of the postal agency the courier co whihc is private co provides the service.