Sitting Fees Paid to Non-Employed Director Not Amounts to Salary, Liable to Service Tax: CESTAT [Read Order]

The Bench remanded the matter to the adjudicating authority to verify the correctness of the reconciliation related to the service tax demand on the remuneration paid to non-employed directors and l allowed the appeal
CESTAT Ahmedabad - Sitting fees Service tax - Director Salary - TAXSCAN

The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has stated that the payment made to a non-employed director as director’s sitting fees is not amounts to salary and are liable to the levy of Service Tax. The assessee, Jsl Industries Ltd submitted that regarding the payment made to the…

Your free access to Taxscan has Expired

To read the article, get a premium account.

Taxscan Premium

Why should you subscribe?
  • Enjoy our website without interruptions from advertisements
  • Receive Daily newsletters
  • Receive realtime Telegram/Whatsapp news updates
  • Download original Judgements / Order / Notifications / Circulars, etc
  • Enjoy exclusive entry fees to Simplified series. (Webinars, Seminars, masterclasses, etc.)
  ₹2299 + GST for 1 year

Subscribe Now

Already a member? Log in here
taxscan-loader