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MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: MAN/05/0394
WIDNEY CABS LIMITED Appellant
and
HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal Chairman: Elsie Gilliland
Sitting in public in Birmingham on the 20 September 2005
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a surcharge assessment dated the 11 February 2005 in the sum of £14,473.04 and 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 Andrew Truman, Company Accountant, for the Appellant and Richard Mansell of Solicitor's office for HM Revenue and Customs for the Respondents
And this tribunal having heard this appeal and having announced its decision
And the Appellant and the Respondents by their said representatives stating pursuant to the rule 30(8) of the said Rules 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 have a reasonable excuse for the default which resulted in the Respondents making the assessment under appeal
And this tribunal directs that this appeal is allowed
And that there is to be no direction as to costs
ELSIE GILLILAND
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 6 October 2005
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