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  1. 1. Jaffa Cakes - biscuits or cakes?

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They go hard when they are left in open air, therefore they are cakes.

 

And I don't get why people are so obsessed with this question. It was already settled in a lawsuit that they are bona fide cakes.

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But where do you find them in the supermarket?

 

IN THE BISCUIT AISLE!

 

You find them in the aisle for biscuits, chocolate bars (packs) and small cakes (packs).

 

Next people will be saying that Cadbury's Mini Rolls are biscuits.

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Jaffa Cakes are cakes.

 

Under UK law, no VAT is charged on biscuits and cakes — they are "zero rated". Chocolate covered biscuits, however, are subject to VAT at 17.5%. McVities classed its Jaffa Cakes as cakes, but in 1991, this was challenged by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and the case ended up before the courts.This may have been because Jaffa Cakes are about the same size and shape as some types of biscuit. A question that the court asked itself was "what criteria should be used to class something as a cake?"

 

McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes. In doing so it produced a giant Jaffa Cake to illustrate that its Jaffa Cakes were simply mini cakes.

 

McVities argued that a distinction between cakes and biscuits is, inter alia, that biscuits would normally be expected to go soft when stale, whereas cakes would normally be expected to go hard. It was demonstrated to the Tribunal that Jaffa Cakes become hard when stale. Other factors taken into account by the Chairman, Mr Potter QC, included: name; ingredients; texture; size; packaging; marketing; presentation; appeal to children; manufacturing process. Contrary to a commonly held belief, whether something is considered a 'luxury item' is not a test for VAT purposes.

 

Mr Potter ruled that the Jaffa Cake is a cake. He further ruled that, if it is relevant, it is not a biscuit. McVities therefore won the case and VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes.

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I just put that into Google and it appears to be off Star trek or something similarly gay.

 

Back on topic please, this is important.

 

Teal'c is possibly the most important Jaffa to have ever lived.

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I just put that into Google and it appears to be off Star trek or something similarly gay.

 

Back on topic please, this is important.

 

No, it is the single most unimportant point of contention ever raised.

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Who the fuck asked for your opinion? Weirdo.

 

Yeah rokhed you dumb fucker, don't just go giving your opinion on an internet forum like that!! sheesh he is right anyway

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Yeah rokhed you dumb fucker, don't just go giving your opinion on an internet forum like that!! sheesh he is right anyway

 

What was I thinking?

If a cretin wants to debate something so tedious I should just let them make themselves look stupid.


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