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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2005/1000
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
NICHOLAS WOODFINE T/A THOMAS HOLLWOOD WHOLESALE Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: ADRIAN SHIPWRIGHT (Chairman)
MRS C S DE ALBUQUERQUE
Sitting in public in London on 18 January 2006
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 the Appellant in person and Mr J P Holl, Senior Officer of the Solicitor's Office of HM Revenue and Customs 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 Appellant had not discharged the burden of proof upon him and there was no reasonable excuse in the particular circumstance
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
ADRIAN SHIPWRIGHT
Chairman
Release Date: 26 January 2006
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