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LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2006/1230
H & H CONSULTING LTD Appellant
and
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal : Michael Tildesley OBE (Chairman)
Catherine Farquharson ACA
Sitting in public in London on the 29 October 2007
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a surcharge assessment dated the 21 July 2006 in the sum of £278.98 which was subsequently replaced by a surcharge liability notice only with no financial penalty and 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 after hearing Jonathan Holl of the Solicitor's office for HM Revenue and Customs for the Respondents and no-one appearing for the Appellant.
And this tribunal having heard this appeal under rule 26(2) of the said Rules and having announced its decision
And the Respondents by their said representative stating pursuant to the 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 not have a reasonable excuse for the default which resulted in the Respondents making the assessment under the Appeal.
And this tribunal directs that this appeal is dismissed.
The Appellant, however, has no financial penalty to pay as a result of the appeal being dismissed
And that there is to be no direction as to costs
MICHAEL TILDESLEY
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 8 November 2007
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