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Iqbal Singh Nagi v Revenue & Customs [2008] UKVAT V20795 (03 September 2008)

 


20795

LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2008/0809

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Appellant Respondents

IQBAL SINGH NAGI

Appellant

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THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HER MAJESTY'S

REVENUE AHD CUSTOMS

Respondents

Tribunal : DR A N BRICE (Chairman)

MR J N BROWN CBE FCA

Sitting in public in London on 3 September 2008

DIRECTION

Under Rule 30(8)

THIS was an appeal against a default surcharge for the accounting period ending on 31 January 2008; the return and tax were due on 29 February 2008 and the tax was not received until 1 April 2008

WE HEARD Mrs Pauline Crinnion for the Respondents

THERE WAS NO APPEARANCE by or on behalf of the Appellant and so we heard the appeal in the absence of the Appellant under Rule 26(2)

WE FIND THAT the Appellant asserted in his notice of appeal that a cheque for the tax had been sent earlier but had been dishonoured by his bank; when he heard what had happened he had sent another cheque

OUR DECISION IS that we are not satisfied that the tax was despatched at such a time and in such a manner that it was reasonable to expect that it would be received by the Respondents by 29 February 2008 and that we are not satisfied that the Appellant had a reasonable excuse for the tax not being received in time

AT THE CONCLUSION of the appeal we announced our decision to dismiss the appeal and the Respondents, as the only party present at the hearing, agreed that they did not want a full written decision

WE THEREFORE DIRECT that the appeal be dismissed

RULE 26(3) provides that the Tribunal may set aside a direction given in the absence of a party on the application of that party served at the Tribunal centre within fourteen days after the date when the direction was released

DR A N BRICE

Chairman

Release Date: 3 September 2008

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