this always starts a debate!
2006-12-10 03:29:24 · 45 answers · asked by fuzzybunny002 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
A cake!
2006-12-10 03:30:38 · answer #1 · answered by mikah_smiles 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No debate needed - They are CAKES. McVities had a legal battle with the VAT people in 1991 in which they argued that Jaffa cakes were Cakes and NOT biscuits. The reason for the legal thing was that biscuits are subject to VAT and cakes are not. McVitites won their case and Jaffa Cakes became officially cakes and you do NOT pay VAT on them!
2006-12-10 04:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cake. As a few people have already said, biscuits and cakes are taxed differently and the former as "luxuries" are subject to VAT. The court ruling went in favour of cake, so hence they remain 17.5% cheaper than if they were classified as biscuits. The only person who would be quite pleased to call them a biscuit is Gordon Brown, as he could doubtless do with a few extra million in the government coffers!! My advice - don't encourage him!
2006-12-10 03:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mental Mickey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Jaffa Cakes are a popular type of snack sold under a number of different brands, the market leader being McVitie's (United Biscuits). In the United Kingdom, Jaffa Cakes are classed as cakes for the purposes of taxation, but due to their size and high number per packaging, shops generally stock them within the biscuit section. The name is derived from Jaffa oranges.
McVitie's produce Jaffa Cakes in two different sizes (regular and mini) and in a number of different packaging formats (box, tube, pod and flow wrap)."
2006-12-10 03:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
In 1991, McVities went to court over this landmark case, to prove once and for all, that Jaffa Cakes are cakes and NOT biscuits.
The reason for this was for them to avoid paying VAT.
Cakes & Biscuits are zero rated by UK Customs & Excise.....except for chocolate coated biscuits.
2006-12-10 03:57:30 · answer #5 · answered by godlykepower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cake - hense jaffa "cake". Plus it's made of a sponge base rather than biscuit base.
2006-12-10 03:51:59 · answer #6 · answered by aeryn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I answered this one yesterday. it is a cake and here's the reason:
A cake is soft and moist when fresh and goes hard when stale.
A biscuit is hard when fresh and soft and moist when stale.
This was the definition for a dispute with the import of Jaffa Cakes. You see the tax was less for importing cakes than biscuits. The Jaffa company even made a 12 inch diameter jaffa cake to prove their point.
2006-12-10 03:36:16 · answer #7 · answered by nettyone2003 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Definately a cake. This was proven in a legal case some years ago, as cakes are taxed differently to biscuits.
2006-12-10 03:32:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Cake - As its so called a "Jaffa Cake"
2006-12-10 03:41:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jaffa cakes are baby buns.
2006-12-12 23:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cake
2006-12-10 03:58:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋