The income-tax department is conducting a TDS (tax deduction at source) survey on several Indian and foreign airlines and entertainment television channels.
No details were available on the survey or the television channels that were being surveyed when this report was filed. But a source said Jet Airways, Air India, Emirates and GoAir were among the airlines under the scanner.
A Jet Airways spokesperson, however, said the tax authorities had merely sought information on the passenger fee collected from fliers. This was corroborated by Air India's spokesperson.
Airlines collect Rs228 from each flier and pass the money on to the airport operator. The security component, or 65% of the fee, is paid to the government of India while the remainder is retained by the airport operator as facilitation fee.
“The airport operator should collect the fee from each passenger when he enters the airport," the Jet spokesperson said. "But as that is not feasible, we collect the fee and hand it over to them. The I-T department has just asked for information regarding this fee."
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