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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2007/1104
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THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal: ADRIAN SHIPWRIGHT (Chairman)
RUTH WATTS DAVIES MHCIMA, FCIPD
Sitting in public in London on 26 September 2007
DIRECTION
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 no one appearing for the Appellant as the case being called this Tribunal determined to proceed under rule 26(2) of the Value Added Tax Rules 1986 as amended
UPON HEARING Mrs Pauline Crinnon, Advocate for the Respondent
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 the payment was late and in the circumstances there was no reasonable excuse
AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal is DISMISSED
AND that there is to be no direction as to costs