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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2005/0598
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Respondents
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THE COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S
REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: MALCOLM GAMMIE C.B.E. Q.C. (Chairman)
PRAFUL DAVDA FCA
Sitting in public in London on 19 July 2006
DIRECTION under Rule 30(8)
THIS APPEAL against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a surcharge liability notice extension dated 23 November 2004 and a penalty in the sum of £100,968 imposed upon the Appellant under the provisions of section 59A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, 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 Dance, tax manager, for the Appellant and Mrs P Crinnion, advocate, 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 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 not have a reasonable excuse for the default
THIS TRIBUNAL accordingly DIRECTS that this appeal is DISMISSED