MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: MAN/04/0233
KEY PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED Appellant
and
THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Respondents
Tribunal Chairman: Lady Mitting
Sitting in public in Birmingham on the 6 September 2004
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a surcharge assessment dated the 13 December 2003 in the sum of £3875 and 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 N Beaumont for the Appellant and Mr B Haley of the Solicitor's office of HM Customs and Excise for the Respondents
And this tribunal having heard this appeal and having announced its decision
And the Appellant and the Respondents by their said representatives stating pursuant to the rule 30(8) of the said Rules 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 have a reasonable excuse for the default which resulted in the Respondents making the assessment under appeal
And this tribunal directs that this appeal is allowed and that there is to be no direction as to costs
LADY MITTING
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 30 September 2004
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