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I’m saying that using a courtroom to decide the definition of a biscuit indicates a problem with sales tax legislation.

Flat rate sales tax has its problems, but avoiding Jaffa cake situations is entirely desirable.

[ajmurmann]

Agreed, complex policies open the door for unintended consequences and have higher enforcement cost. If you do a sales tax or VAT it should be flat. If anyone thinks that it will be regressive or put poor people at a disadvantage, the answer IMO is UBI, even a small one can make up for sales tax on food while avoiding the deadweight loss from nonsense like that Jaffa cake nonsense.