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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2004/260
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Respondents
HOWLE CARBIDES LIMITED Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Respondents
Tribunal: JOHN CLARK (Chairman)
SHEILA EDMONDSON, FCA
Sitting in public in London on 8 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 Matthew Chaloner for the Appellant and Pauline Crinnion for the Respondents
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal and having announced its decision
AND THE parties present at the hearing by their said representatives 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 does not have a reasonable excuse for the defaults for the periods covered by this appeal
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
JOHN CLARK
Chairman
Release Date: 9 September 2004
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