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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2005/897
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
FRIDGE SPARES (NORTHERN IRELAND) LTD Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: MR A DEVLIN (Chairman)
MR A HENNESSEY
Sitting in public in Belfast on 15 November 2005
DIRECTION
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 Burns of Hughes Blake, Accountants, for the Appellant, and Mr Hayley for the Respondents
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal 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 the Appellant has failed to satisfy the Tribunal of the grounds for the appeal or that the disputed Default Surcharges or any of them should be set aside
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
Chairman
Release Date: 28 November 2005