Yard of Jaffa Cakes

[Bob in disguise]

Dunno whether you jaffa cake lovers on here know or not but at makro at the moment theyre doing a Yard of jaffa cakes for £2.99 + VAT! bargin

 

[AppleSei]

There are going to be some very fat people over xmas..........

 

[beastyjay]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmhh jaffa cakes :yum:

 

[panda_gal]

i like jaffa cakes :yum: u need to share thats what xmas is about

 

[chaos]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmhh jaffa cakes :yum:

Oh yes indeed :yum::yum:

 

[Bob in disguise]

I got my box already :yum: will be going back for some more though

 

[Hellcat]

Is that a yard side-by-side or a yard stacked up?

Surely you don't pay VAT on Jafa Cakes as they are exempt?

Next time you have a visit from the VAT man, don't offer him a Jaffa cake!
The trouble all started back in 1973 when the UK Government replaced the old purchase tax with VAT. For obvious political reasons they did not want to put VAT on a number of socially sensitive items like food. At the same time they did not want to see the tax yield drop.

So they put VAT on those 'sin foods' that had always been subject to purchase tax. The list of these items reads like an extract from the recent parliamentary report on obesity: ice cream, alcoholic and many soft drinks, crisps and, last but not least, confectionery.

Explaining the VAT rules on confectionery is a bit like explaining the rules of cricket to a Martian (or for Stargate fans, a Jaffar). Confectionery is subject to VAT unless it is a cake or a biscuit. There is no VAT on the sale of a cake, unless you buy it as part of a meal in a café. Nor is there any VAT on the sale of a biscuit, unless it is wholly or partly covered in chocolate 'or some product similar in taste and appearance'. This was the background to the famous Jaffa cake case. United Biscuits said the Jaffa cake was a cake, which meant the chocolate did not matter. Customs said it was a chocolate covered biscuit and should be subject to VAT. The Tribunal agreed with United Biscuits.

 

[beau]

on the back of tubes there is a number for- jaffaholics, its quite funny

 

[Bob in disguise]

Every price in Makro is excluding VAT

and its a yard stacked end to end, i got the box upstairs i'll take a pic when i can be bothered

 

[Seraph]

2.99 inc VAT SCORE!!!

I'm gonna print that and take it to Makro!

 

[panda_gal]

Every price in Makro is excluding VAT

yea but some things are exempt from adding

 

[Hellcat]

yea but some things are exempt from adding

Jafa cakes for example. I hope :yum:

 

[Hellcat]

Just thought you could map out a whole year of Lunar activity...

Full moon, Half moon, Total eclipse

 

[Bob in disguise]

I chucked the receipt away already Doh! have to check next time i go

 

[dave]

chocolate has vat on, its a luxury item

 

[Hellcat]

But if its part of a cake then its VAT exempt. On a biscuit though its a different matter.

 

[bulldog5046]

my local ASDA has 2 for £5, seems alot better deal than macro

 

[KirstyTL]

Cash and Carry is the best...

 

[sumplug]

just to inform you jaffa cake lovers[me included], they are not fattening. problem with them, is you cannot ever just eat one. for a cake/biscuit, they are good on calories

 

[Hellcat]

my local ASDA has 2 for £5, seems alot better deal than macro

2 yards of Jaffa cakes?