ST on services provided by director

Ministry of Finance has vide notification no. 9/2014 dated 11th July 2014 amended Service Tax Rules, 1994 to provide that in respect of services provided or agreed to be provided by a director of a company or a body corporate to the said company or body corporate, the service tax is payable by the recipient of such service. Here the amendment has been that "body corporate" has been added to the clause which hitherto included only company The definition of "body corporate" is the same as is given in the Companies Act, 1956 which is now the Companies Act, 2013. As per the Companies Act, 2013, the definition of "body corporate" includes company incorporated outside India but does not include co-operative society or any other body as may be specified by the Central Government.