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MANCHESTER TRIBUNAL CENTRE	Reference No: MAN/05/903 

	M WHITE LIMITED	Appellant

	and

	THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
	HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS	Respondents

Tribunal Chairman: DAVID DEMACK

Sitting in public in Manchester on the 12 October 2006

	DIRECTION
under Rule 30(8)

This appeal against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a surcharge assessment dated the 16 September 2005 in the sum of £1,965.11 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 Mr J White for the Appellant and Mr R Mansell of the Solicitor’s office for HM Revenue and Customs for the Respondents

And this tribunal having heard this appeal and having announced its decision

And the Appellant and the Respondents by their said representatives 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 did despatch the VAT shown on its return for period 07/05 at such a time and in such a manner that it was reasonable to expect that it would be received by the Respondents by close of business on 31 August 2005

And this tribunal directs that this appeal is allowed 

And that there is to be no direction as to costs

DAVID DEMACK 
CHAIRMAN
Release Date: 17 October 2006

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