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MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: MAN/06/253
EDDIE HARPER 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 an assessment to a belated notification penalty dated the 23 May 2006 in the sum of £687 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 R Mansell of the Solicitor's office for HM Revenue and Customs for the Respondents and the Appellant not appearing and not being represented
And this tribunal having heard this appeal and having announced its decision
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 not 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 dismissed
And that there is to be no direction as to costs
DAVID DEMACK
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 17 October 2006
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