Transitional GST credit must be examined by GST authorities, while VAT authorities cannot recover tax, interest or penalties.

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....Transitional input tax credit carried forward through Form TRAN-1 may be examined by the competent GST authority under Rules 117 and 121 of the GST Rules, 2017, rather than through a VAT assessment. A service provider was not entitled to claim VAT input tax credit because it was not engaged in the sale or purchase of goods, so disallowance of the credit in the VAT assessment was sustained. However, the VAT assessing officer lacked jurisdiction to recover tax, interest or penalty relating to credit transitioned into the GST regime; that demand was set aside.....