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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/06/725
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
ERI REFRIGERATION LIMITED Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S
REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: JOHN F AVERY JONES CBE (Chairman)
Sitting in public in London on 18 October 2006
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
THIS APPEAL against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a Default Surcharge 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 Mrs L Granville for the Appellant and Mr J Holl for the Respondents
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal under Rule 26(2) and having announced its decision
AND THE parties present at the hearing by their said representative(s) stating pursuant to Rule 30(8) of the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 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 late payment for period 02/06.
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
THE TRIBUNAL expresses the hope that the Respondents will allow the Appellant time to pay the penalty.
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
John F Avery Jones
Chairman
Release Date: 20 October 2006
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