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Marks & Spencer face potential legal challenge from HMRC over viral strawberry sandwich
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Marks & Spencer face potential legal challenge from HMRC over viral strawberry sandwich
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Marks & Spencers is facing a potential legal challenge from HMRC over a viral strawberry
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sandwich. The sandwich consists of fresh fruit and cream between two slices of sweetened white bread
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and is retailing for £2.80. The sandwich has gone viral but one financial expert has suggested it
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could land the retailer in some hot water with the tax man. HW Fisher's VAT manager Simon Nivett
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said such a sandwich could be subject to a 1980s legislative amendment, meaning Marks would have
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to pay an additional VAT on it if it's classified as confectionary. Sandwiches however typically
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achieve a zero rated tax status through being served cold. So is the strawberry sandwich a
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well-meaning attempt to import a favourite or a neatly packaged attempt at tax efficiency?
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