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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2004/1051
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
SUSAN ELIZABETH TAYLOR Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Respondents
Tribunal: ANGUS NICOL (Chairman)
ANGELA WEST FCA
Sitting in public in Cardiff on 19 January 2005
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 the Appellant in person and Mr Jonathan Holl 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 in respect of the first three defaults the Respondents conceded that a reasonable excuse had been established; in respect of the remaining defaults no reasonable excuse was established
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal be ALLOWED in part and the default surcharges adjusted accordingly
AND that there be no direction as to costs
ANGUS NICOL
Chairman
Release Date: 22 March 2005
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