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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/07/0081
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
ABSOLUTE RESTAURANTS LIMITED Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S
REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: JOHN F AVERY JONES CBE (Chairman)
MOHAMMAD HOSSAIN FCA
Sitting in public in London on 11 April 2007
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 Jonathan Holl for the Respondents, the Appellant not being represented
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 none of the excuses put forward by the Appellant relates to the period under appeal, period 03/06 and accordingly the Tribunal finds no reasonable excuse for this period
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
John F Avery Jones
Chairman
Release Date: 12 April 2007
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