Politics0 min ago
No Pasty tax!!
It's very true people!!!
Just heard on the BBC News that the tax on hot pasties,etc. will now be withdrawn!!
Hoooray!! They have at last seen sense.
I think it's daft to even think of placing a tax on pasties.
All I'm waiting for now is for the government to get rid of the tax on fish and chips!!! :(
Just heard on the BBC News that the tax on hot pasties,etc. will now be withdrawn!!
Hoooray!! They have at last seen sense.
I think it's daft to even think of placing a tax on pasties.
All I'm waiting for now is for the government to get rid of the tax on fish and chips!!! :(
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Not as simple as it seems.
Pasties sold direct from a hot cabinet or oven will still be charged VAT , but if they are sold from a shelf where they are cooling down there is no VAT .
So I presume if you want a hot pastie , and the shop gets it out of the oven or cabinet and leaves it on a shelf to cool then sells you it no VAT . But if the shop sells it and takes it straight out of the oven and hands it to you then there is VAT to pay . Daft or what ? I bet now they have to specify a time for it to be on the shelf or a temperature it has to cool to before it is VAT free.
Gregs will have to issue thermometers to all staff and get then to poke it into the pastie to see if it is cool enough to be VAT free.
Pasties sold direct from a hot cabinet or oven will still be charged VAT , but if they are sold from a shelf where they are cooling down there is no VAT .
So I presume if you want a hot pastie , and the shop gets it out of the oven or cabinet and leaves it on a shelf to cool then sells you it no VAT . But if the shop sells it and takes it straight out of the oven and hands it to you then there is VAT to pay . Daft or what ? I bet now they have to specify a time for it to be on the shelf or a temperature it has to cool to before it is VAT free.
Gregs will have to issue thermometers to all staff and get then to poke it into the pastie to see if it is cool enough to be VAT free.
Even more daft I have just seen that Hot Chicken , sausages or other hot savories sold from a supermarket has still got to have VAT . My supermarket takes the chickens / sausages out of the hot cabinet near closing time and sells them at a discount from a shelf so under the new law they should be VAT free.
This is going to be another 'when is a cake not a cake ?' answer 'when it's a biscuit!' debate . Remember the jaffa cake row ?
This is going to be another 'when is a cake not a cake ?' answer 'when it's a biscuit!' debate . Remember the jaffa cake row ?
"should be the same tax on all food, hot or cold. It would save piddling debates like this one."
While I empathise with your position (I can't believe this is the "national debate" we're stuck with!) - I do like the fact that raw veg is cheaper than, say, prepackaged/readymeal items. It's a helpful nudge for those who need to drop a few pound (of weight).
While I empathise with your position (I can't believe this is the "national debate" we're stuck with!) - I do like the fact that raw veg is cheaper than, say, prepackaged/readymeal items. It's a helpful nudge for those who need to drop a few pound (of weight).
I used to bake pies and pasties in one of my supermarkets and had to charge VAT if I sold them from the oven. (this will be some 28 years ago) To get around this charge I had a microwave oven that was programmed to re-heat a pie or pasty at no cost to the customer. I did have to watch out for the budding science/terrorist little charmers who liked nothing better than to microwave a whole fresh egg. They used to enjoy the sound as the superheated contents blew out of the shell. Flogging was to good for them!!