The Excise and Taxation Department, Government of Haryana identified a list of 213 suspicious taxpayers in the State who were claiming Input Tax Credit (ITC) in their FORM GSTR-3B but had no input tax credit reflected in their FORM GSTR-2A / FORM GSTR-2B.
It was suspected that few of these taxpayers are basically of the nature of fake invoice originators who would take suo-moto input tax credit and then pass fake / non-existent input tax credit to other firms within and outside the State.
Accordingly, a Special Drive was initiated against these taxpayers between August 08, 2022 to August 16, 2022 to physically verify and cancel registration of fake/non-existent taxpayers under the provisions of the Haryana GST Act, 2017 and rules framed thereunder.
Out of 213 taxpayers, 205 have been physically verified and 114 of which were found fake/non-existent at their principal place of business. The department has suspended registration of 103 of these taxpayers. As a preventive measure ITC worth 4.84 Cr of these fake taxpayers has been blocked and a total recovery of 6.70 lakhs has been made from these suspicious taxpayers. Further, physical verification and cancellation of registrations of remaining fake taxpayers is under process.
The Government of Haryana has zero tolerance for fake/non-existent firms and appropriate action under the Act will be taken against people floating such bogus firms and recipients availing input tax credit from these bogus firms.
Source: Press Release
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