[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: US Government oddness/British same

[Kathryn Cawte]

> Geoff:
> Another oddity here is biscuits v chocolate bars. A great favourite
> in the UK are Kit-Kats. The original is a flattish wafer bar made in
> either 2 or 4 chocolate covered fingers each about5inches long by
> three quarters of an inch wide. These classify as biscuits and are
> zero-rated for VAT.

K

And let's not forget that McVities were taking the government to court (or
planning to) over whether Jaffa Cakes were cakes (VAT liable) or biscuits
(VAT free). The definition one side (but don't remember which) were using
was that cakes go hard when they go stale, but biscuits go soft - personally
I've never left a packet of Jaffa Cakes uneaten long enough to discover what
happens if they go stale :)

K