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ITC can not be denied, based solely on retrospective cancellation of supplier's GST registration 🎥 Watch Short Video: • The Madras High Court held that Input Tax Credit (ITC) cannot be denied solely because the supplier’s GST registration was cancelled retrospectively. Where the supplier was a validly registered taxpayer on the date of the transaction, retrospective cancellation by itself is not sufficient to reject the recipient’s ITC claim. • The Court observed that the impugned orders primarily relied on the retrospective cancellation of the supplier’s registration, without independently examining whether the underlying supplies were genuine and actually received by the recipient. Such an approach was held to be legally unsustainable. • Reaffirming its earlier ruling in Engineering Tools Corporation, the Court emphasized that GST authorities must verify the authenticity of transactions by examining supporting evidence such as tax invoices, e-way bills, lorry receipts, transport documents, and other records demonstrating actual movement and receipt of goods. • While the Revenue argued that certain invoices were issued after the supplier’s cancellation and that adequate proof of receipt of goods had not been furnished, the Court noted that most transactions had occurred before the cancellation order was passed. Therefore, a detailed factual verification of the transactions was necessary before denying ITC. • Accordingly, the High Court set aside the assessment orders relating to the relevant tax periods and remanded the matters for fresh adjudication. The authorities were directed to reconsider the ITC claims on merits, provide the assessee a reasonable opportunity of hearing, and pass fresh orders in accordance with law within the prescribed timeframe. Madras HC - Fathima Traders vs Deputy Commercial Tax Officer [WP Nos. 22419, 22420, &22422 OF 2023]

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