Mr Dennis Albert Gerdner t/a Gardners Transport Co v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

Decision date: 14 October 2010

Neutral citation: [2010] UKFTT 488 (TC)

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Mr Dennis Albert Gerdner applied in December 2009 for permission to appeal a VAT assessment dated 1 July 1980. The Tribunal refused to extend time because he failed to provide sufficient evidence or adequate reasons for the long delay, and many substantive complaints were unsupported or outside the Tribunal’s jurisdiction. The application for leave to appeal out of time was not admitted.

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An application to admit an out‑of‑time appeal under the Tribunal Rules requires sufficient evidential explanation of the delay; absent adequate reasons or evidence, the Tribunal may refuse the application. Also, issues arising from earlier court or enforcement proceedings (and certain matters like collection/recovery actions) may be outside the Tax Tribunal’s jurisdiction and so are not remediable by admitting an appeal here.

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The notes record observations that a court restriction order does not necessarily prevent lodging an appeal with the Tax Tribunal, and that bankruptcy (with the estate vested in a trustee) can limit a bankrupt’s ability to pursue liability issues without trustee consent or assignment; these remarks were not essential to the decision on the extension application.

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