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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2005/1180
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Appellant/Applicant
Respondents
M K CONSULTING LTD Appellant
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THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: DR K KHAN (Chairman)
MRS E MACLEOD
Sitting in public in London on 20 June 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 Mark Kernoghan, Managing Director, for the Appellant and J Holl, Senior Officer, HMRC, for the Respondents
AND THIS TRIBUNAL having heard this appeal and having announced its decision
AND THE parties present at the hearing by their said representatives 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 there was no reasonable excuse since the late payment was due to an error by the Appellant in placing insufficient funds in the company's bank account to meet the VAT payment
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs
K KHAN
Chairman
Release Date: 27 June 2007
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