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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/04/1577
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
BRENTWOOD THEATRE TRUST LIMITED Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Respondents
Tribunal: JOHN F AVERY JONES CBE (Chairman)
MRS E M MACLEOD CIPM
Sitting in public in London on 6 April 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 Mr R Lambourne for the Appellant and Mr P Webb for the Respondent
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 does not have a reasonable excuse for the defaults in the periods 01/04 and 04/04
The Tribunal expresses the hope that the Respondent will allow the Appellant time to pay the penalty
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: 8 April 2005
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