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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2005/876
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
WATSON MCDERMOTT ENGINEERING 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
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 Hayley for the Respondents, the Appellant failing to attend
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal under Rule 26(2) and having announced its decision in open court
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 make out the grounds for appeal addressed in its Notice of Appeal
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
A DEVLIN
Chairman
Release Date: 1 December 2005
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