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MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: MAN/06/0099
NAMASTE (UK) LIMITED Appellant
and
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal Chairman: Michael Tildesley OBE
Warren Snowdon JP
Sitting in public in York on the 14 July 2006
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a civil penalty dated the 26 August 2005 in the sum of £500 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 Gordon Nicoll, accountants for the Appellant and Bernard Haley 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 did not receive the penalty liability notice which resulted in the Respondents imposing the penalty
And this tribunal directs that this appeal is allowed
And the tribunal directs that the Respondents pay costs of £400 to Mr G T Nicoll of Ivy Cottage, Burnsall, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6BP
MICHAEL TILDESLEY OBE
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 24 July 2006
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