IE7 Not showing CSS padding

[BlackRaven]

I have the following that works fine for firefox however IE7 does not show the table padding, any help appreciated

<table class="formtable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

.formtable {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
border: 1px solid #B0A06A;
background:#F1F1E7;
padding:15px;
}

[dreamcatcher]

IE doesn`t support table padding. You need to apply the pad to the table data cell instead.

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