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Safeguard Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2005] UKVAT V19209 (15 August 2005)

 


19209

LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2005/512

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Appellant/Applicant

Respondents

SAFEGUARD LTD Appellant

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HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents

Tribunal: STEPHEN OLIVER QC (Chairman)

R S SURI

Sitting in public in London on 10 August 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 R Jones, director, for the Appellant and Jonathan Holl for the Respondents

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 unfortunate combination of circumstances resulting in the Appellant's bank failing to honour the VAT cheque when presented by the Respondents for payment amounted in law to an insufficiency of funds and were therefore excluded from ranking as a reasonable excuse

AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED

AND that there is to be no direction as to costs

STEPHEN OLIVER QC

Chairman

Release Date: 15 August 2005

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