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MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: MAN/06/250
EARSDON ENGINEERING LTD Appellant
and
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal Chairman: Michael Tildesley OBE
John Davison
Sitting in public in North Shields on the 3 August 2006
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a surcharge assessment dated the 17 February 2006 in the sum of £2,699 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 Mr Milsted and Mrs Nixon for the Appellant and Andrew Noble, counsel instructed by the 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 does have a reasonable excuse for the default which resulted in the Respondents making the assessment under appeal
And this tribunal directs that this appeal is allowed
And the Respondents shall pay costs of £100 to the Appellant
Michael Tildesley OBE
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 15 August 2006
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