On June 28, 2025, Tata Steel Limited received a Show Cause cum demand Notice dated June 27, 2025 ('SCN'), issued by the Office of the Commissioner (Audit), Central Tax, Ranchi, proposing to disallow/demand primarily on account of alleged irregular availment of Input Tax Credit in contravention of the provisions of Section 74(1) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017/State Goods and Services Act, 2017 read with Section 20 Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ('IGST') for the period FY2018-19 through FY2022-23. As per the SCN, the Company is required to show cause before the Additional/Joint Commissioner of Central GST & Central Excise, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (Adjudicating Authority') within 30 days of receipt of the SCN as to why: 1. the Goods and Service Tax ('GST') amounting to INR 1007,54,83,342/- for the period FY2018-19 through FY2022-23, shall not be demanded and recovered from the Company under the provisions of Section 74(1) of CGST/SGST, read with Section 20 of IGST; 2. interest at the appropriate rate on the above said amount mentioned should not be demanded under Section 50 of the CGST/SGST Act, 2017; and 3. penalty on the above said amount mentioned should not be imposed under Section 74 of the CGST/SGST Act, 2017.