12 December 2013
Service tax is payable on services provided by non-executive, nominee and independent directors to the company w.e.f. 1-7-2012. Service tax is not payable in case of Managing Director or wholetime director or executive director, if the director is in full time employment of the company. . . Section 65B(44) of Finance Act, 1994 as introduced w.e.f. 1-7-2012 reads as follows – “Service” means any activity carried out by a person for another for consideration, and includes a declared service, but shall not include— (a) – - (b) a provision of service by an employee to the employer in the course of or in relation to his employment (c) – - .
Thus, services provided by employee to employer have been excluded from the definition of ‘service’ itself.