CENVAT Credit Eligibility: Genuine Invoices and Service Tax Payment Clarified; No Fraud or Evasion Intent Found.

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....CENVAT Credit - duty paying invoices - supplementary invoices - It is observed that neither the SCN nor the impugned Order-in-Original dated 04.12.2017 alleges that the invoices were not genuine, the services were not received or the same were not utilized in the manufacture of dutiable final product. Mere fact that the differential amount of service tax was paid by the service provider on being pointed out by central excise officers doesn't establish that the service tax was short paid or was not paid by reason of fraud, suppression, misstatement etc. with an intent to evade the payment of service tax - AT....