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MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: MAN/08/963
ECA SUPPLIES (COVENTRY) LTD Appellant
and
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents
Tribunal Chairman: D S Porter
Sitting in public in Birmingham on the 5 November 2008
DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)
This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to surcharge assessments dated 27 April 2007 in the sum of nil and 12 October 2007 in the sum of nil 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 upon hearing Mrs. Moira Seal for the Appellant and Mr. Bernard Haley of the Solicitor's office of HM Revenue and Customs for the Respondents
And the Appellant 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 have a reasonable excuse for the default for 12 October 2007 but not for the default of 27 April 2007
And this tribunal directs that this appeal is allowed in part and that there is to be no direction as to costs
David Porter
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 16 January 2009
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