our local shop keeper reckons that jaffa cakes are subject to a government conspiricy. He says by calling them cakes they are not subject to the same VAT as biscuits.
What do you think?
2007-08-19 04:35:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I think that your shopkeeper is deliberately relaying false information to you in the hope that the "great Jaffa Cake rumour" will erode your confidence in our government,thereby turning you into a cakey-biscuit terrorist who stalks the night.
2007-08-19 04:42:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's the other way around.
The makers are claiming it is a cake to avoid paying VAT and the government took McVities to court claiming it is a biscuit. To prove the case, McVities actually made a full size Jaffa Cake to prove the point and won the case.
2007-08-20 04:30:08 · answer #2 · answered by Marky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is entirely true that by calling them cakes, they are subject to lower taxation, though it is by no means any kind of conspiracy, just a loophole of sorts. Though i think the European courts were tying to get them to change the name from 'cakes' even though they clearly share more characteristics with a cake, than a biscuit.
2007-08-19 11:42:22 · answer #3 · answered by john c 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yeah but the real question here is... is it a cake or a biscuit?
cause i cant bloody tell, tastes like a cake but looks like a biscuit, huh, doh..... just trying to figure that one out makes me feel like homer simpson! lol
but on a more serious note..... can i call my car a bike and get away with cheaper tax and insurance then? if so .... woo hoo
2007-08-19 11:44:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i am puzzled ( which is not unusual ) but why would the government any government not want to charge vat on Jaffa cakes
2007-08-19 11:42:20 · answer #5 · answered by inthedark 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Interesting question... That may be a loophole for stuff from Entemens or a commercially wrapoped and bought product, but I think a local baker can call his wares whatever he wants without fear that the FDA is going to be monitoring him.
2007-08-19 11:40:10 · answer #6 · answered by Appolnia_76 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hasn't this country got PATHETIC! I despair with such nonsense.
2007-08-23 04:04:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the world has gone crazy
2007-08-19 12:09:56 · answer #8 · answered by Canute 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ohhhh Treason!!!!! This will end with the global existence of American Cakes!!!!!! Madness....MADNESS I TELL YOU!!!
2007-08-19 11:41:17 · answer #9 · answered by Jeenie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Are we being recorded?
2007-08-19 11:51:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋