Marketplace: Cookie or cake? British court decides

Friday, April 11, 2008

Cookie or cake? British court decides

After 12 years, U.K. authorities have reversed a previous ruling and decided that Marks & Spencer chocolate-covered tea cakes are not cookies, but cakes. Cakes are not taxed. Stephen Beard explains.

Marks and Spencer chocolate-covered tea cakes (www.daylife.com)

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