In general, registrants claim their ITCs when they file their GST/HST return for the reporting period in which they made their purchases. However, they may have ITCs that they did not claim when they filed the return for the corresponding reporting period. If so, they can claim those previously unclaimed ITCs on a future GST/HST return. More @Wikipedia
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