Great Programme. Subscribed! Hopefully a lot more of this to come. I’d like to see a TV show on BBC2. The insights you bring need a much bigger audience. Well informed people can have adult discussion about tax and spending, rather than the propaganda peddled by the partisans.
I seem to remember that when the question of VAT on Jaffa Cakes was being argued, the factors were, was it a biscuit and therefore liable to VAT or was it cake and therefore not.
It boiled down to how Jaffa Cakes behave when stale - biscuits become soft and soggy and cake becomes hard.
Great Programme. Subscribed! Hopefully a lot more of this to come. I’d like to see a TV show on BBC2. The insights you bring need a much bigger audience. Well informed people can have adult discussion about tax and spending, rather than the propaganda peddled by the partisans.
I seem to remember that when the question of VAT on Jaffa Cakes was being argued, the factors were, was it a biscuit and therefore liable to VAT or was it cake and therefore not.
It boiled down to how Jaffa Cakes behave when stale - biscuits become soft and soggy and cake becomes hard.
I think Jaffa won if memory serves me well.
That is the story that was told in the programme
Excellent article, thanks
Ps Small typo in final example about US car manufacturer importing direct to UK - states UK manufacturer but meant to be US I think