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MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: MAN/06/493
PLEASE HOLD (UK) LIMITED Appellant
and
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal Chairman: DAVID DEMACK
Sitting in public in Manchester on the 12 October 2006
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a surcharge assessment dated the 16 December 2005 in the sum of £12,016.41 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 M Booth for the Appellant and Mr R Mansell of 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 did despatch the VAT shown on its return for period 10/05 at such a time and in such a manner that it was reasonable to expect that it would be received by the Respondents by close of business on 30 November 2005
And this tribunal directs that this appeal is allowed
And that there is to be no direction as to costs
DAVID DEMACK
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 17 October 2006
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