Sugar in Bread
Posted: October 1st, 2020, 1:33 pm
Intersting story in from Dublin which reminds be a bit of the Jaffa Cakes tax row many years ago.
The Irish Supreme court have ruled against the bread in Subway sandwiches being classed as bread for VAT purposes of being zero rated as a staple food. Why ?
The sugar content of bread under Irish law must be no more than 2% of the weight of the dough.
Subway bread contains 10%.
My Panasonic would make crusts like rock at 10% !
https://www.thejournal.ie/subway-sandwiches-5218826-Sep2020/
The Irish Supreme court have ruled against the bread in Subway sandwiches being classed as bread for VAT purposes of being zero rated as a staple food. Why ?
The sugar content of bread under Irish law must be no more than 2% of the weight of the dough.
Subway bread contains 10%.
My Panasonic would make crusts like rock at 10% !
The [Irish] Supreme Court today ruled that sandwiches made by Subway contain too much sugar to legally be considered bread.
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However, the five-judge court ruled that the sandwiches must attract a rate of VAT due to its sugar content.
The law states that for bread to be considered a “staple product” and not attract VAT, it “shall not exceed 2% of the weight of flour included in the dough”. Subway’s bread has a 10% ratio.
https://www.thejournal.ie/subway-sandwiches-5218826-Sep2020/