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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/04/272
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
TRILINE HOLDINGS LIMITED Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Respondents
Tribunal: JOHN F AVERY JONES CBE (Chairman)
P D DAVDA FCA
Sitting in public in London on 1 September 2004
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
THIS APPEAL against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a Default Surcharge being a reasonable excuse appeal as defined by rule 2 of the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 as amended coming on for hearing this day
AND UPON HEARING Mr P J Monahan for the Appellant and Mr P Webb for the Respondent
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal under Rule 26(2) and having announced its decision
AND THE parties present at the hearing by their said representative(s) stating pursuant to Rule 30(8) of the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 as amended that they do not require the said decision to be recorded in a written document in accordance with Rule 30(1) of the said Rules
THIS TRIBUNAL FINDS THAT the Appellant did not have a reasonable excuse for the late payment of VAT for the period 08/03 but hopes that the Respondent will allow the Appellant time to pay the surcharge
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
John F Avery Jones
Chairman
Release Date: 3 September 2004
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