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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2006/0829
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
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THE COMMISSIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S
REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: MALCOLM GAMMIE C.B.E. Q.C. (Chairman)
SHEILA WONG CHONG FRICS
Sitting in public in London on 25 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 Mr Dennis Williams and Mrs Louise Wheeler for the Appellant and Mrs Pauline Crinnion, Advocate, for the Respondents
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal and having announced its decision
AND the Appellant and the Respondents by their said representative stating pursuant to 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
Accordingly, THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS that this appeal is ALLOWED