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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/05/469
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
SHAHARA LIMITED T/A UZZAL Appellant
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HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: JOHN F AVERY JONES CBE (Chairman)
SHEILA WONG CHONG FRICS
Sitting in public in London on 21 September 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 A Hamid for the Appellant and Mr J Holl for the Respondent
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal under Rule 26(2) and having announced its decision
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 as a cash business the Appellant does not have a reasonable excuse for the late payment of tax in the periods 11/04 and 2/05
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
THE Tribunal expresses the hope that the Respondent will give the Appellant time to pay the surcharge
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
John F Avery Jones
Chairman
Release Date: 27 September 2005
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