Cancellation of firms venerating fake input tax credit (originators) in the State of Haryana
20" August 2022
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 w as 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 8“ Aug 2022 to 16" Aug 2022 to physically verify and cancel registration of fake/non-existent taxpayers under the provisions of Haryana GST Act, 2017 and rules framed thereunder.
Out of 213 taxpayers, 205 have been physically verified and 114 of which were found apne -existent at their principal place of business. The department has suspended 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.