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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2004/1114
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Respondents
LIDSTER & WHITING LTD Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Respondents
Tribunal: STEPHEN OLIVER QC (Chairman)
S.K DAS (Member)
Sitting in public in London on 3 November 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 T Lowe, Director, for the Appellant and A Dougal for the Respondents
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 return and cheque which were posted on the last day of April 2004 could not have been received by the 'due date'
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
Chairman
Release Date: 29 November 2004
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