St laiability on travel sub agent

Hi All,

 

I am Sub Agent who books Air , Bus tickets from IATA Authorize agents; I also Add service charge of INR 100.

My service charge not shown seprately when I sell the tickets to my customers.

Air Fare : 5000

Service: 300

Total: 5300.

I will bill to customer X pvt ltd company  who is introduced by Mr B. ( X company provides requirement to Mr.B)

I will raise invoice to  X compnay  I receive a cheque for INR 5300; But I need to pay Mr. B INR 200 back to to my mediator(Mr.B)  for each ticket I booked in the above scenario. ( My acutal profit would be 100; But when compare with IATA agent Invoice It would be INR 300).

Question: can I book this as my business expenses ( literaly If need to get the booking I must pay 200 INR extra)

Average in a month I book 50 tickets to X Company . and I am liable to pay Mr B  INR 10000 per Month. Mr B is not my employee but works for me as business

Please advice. Mr.B is not accepting for cheque. I personally withdrew and pay his service charge or commission for

bringing the business to me.

Please advice. I just started my business . I need to bear these methods till I get direct contacts where I get regular bookings.

 

Thanks

SREEDEVI

TRAVEL AGENT

 

 

 

Replies (1)

Under Service Tax Law;

as per the commission that you are receiving, you would not be crossing Rs.10 lakhs, hence you are liable to pay service tax uptill now...

for accounting methods please post the query in accounting column...

Further, as far as you query is concerned, you are not receiving any documentary evidence and moreover making payment in cash. Hence, you cannot claim such expenditure, as in case, in future if you receive any scrutiny notice, you will be required to produce documentary evidence for such commission paid.

Leave a Reply

Your are not logged in . Please login to post replies

Click here to Login / Register  

Company
31 October 2026
Accountants

sankaran and krishnan

New Delhi

B.Com

View Details
Company
19 October 2026
Accountant

Jari Saree Center

New Delhi

Others

View Details
Company
Featured 27 October 2026
semi-qualified CA

Saini Pati Shah & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants

Mumbai

CA Final

View Details
Company
12 November 2026
Tax Product Specialist

BharatX.ai

Gurgaon

B.Com

View Details
Company
28 October 2026
Assistant Director/ Associate Director-Finance & Accounting

Krea University

Chennai

CA

View Details
Company
Featured 07 November 2026
Paid Assisstant

DPV & Associates

Chennai

CA Inter

View Details
Company
24 October 2026
CA Industrial Trainee

Fytomax Nutrition Private Limited

Aurangabad

CA Inter

View Details
Company
ARTICLESHIP 25 October 2026
Article Intern (CA Articleship)

Arpan Bohra & Co

Hyderabad

CA Inter

View Details