"vat" news and stories

This is kind of like when the US Supreme Court ruled that tomatoes were not fruit.

The High Court in London decided that Pringles do not count as "crisps" (that's chips to us in the USA) for tax purposes. The VAT (value added tax) in England isn't applied to most foodstuffs, but potato crisps are subject to the tax. Lawyers for Prinlges, however, argued that since they are made from only 42% potato flour and their shape isn't based on anything natural, they are not really crisps and should therefore be exempt from the VAT.

According to Times Online, the High Court in London agreed, but don't count on that being the last word on the matter. England's Department of Revenue and Customs isn't happy about missing out on that tax money and is considering an appeal.

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A factory worker in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was trapped waist-deep in a vat of 110° dark chocolate for over two hours yesterday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Darmin Garcia, 21, was apparently trying to free up some chocolate stuck in a vat when he accidentally slid in and got his pants stuck in a roller. Co-workers attempted to thin the viscous chocolate with cocoa butter and firefighters eventually plucked Garcia out after removing chocolate from the vat, allowing him to get out of his stuck pants. "It was in my hair, in my ears, my mouth, everywhere," Garcia told the MJS.