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tesserae_, I've been looking at a blog that focuses on weird legal cases. Srsly, you can't make this stuff up. My latest favorite is the Pringles case
"Pringles Qualify as "Potato Chips," Court Rules
"Reversing a lower court's ruling that Pringles did not qualify as "potato chips" for purposes of taxation, Britain's Court of Appeals has held that they are, basically, close enough.
"This matters because if Pringles are considered "potato chips" - or "potato crisps," [sic] as they are mistakenly called in Britain - then Proctor & Gamble UK has to pay a value-added tax, but otherwise Pringles are exempt. Upon this determination turned, as the Court of Appeals put it, "rather a lot of money."
Pringles are only 42% potato. Just so you know.
ETA: "The other stuff that Pringles are "made from": corn flour, wheat starch, maltodextrin, emulsifier, rice flour, and dextrose. They are 42 percent potato."
tesserae_, I've been looking at a blog that focuses on weird legal cases. Srsly, you can't make this stuff up. My latest favorite is the Pringles case"Pringles Qualify as "Potato Chips," Court Rules
"Reversing a lower court's ruling that Pringles did not qualify as "potato chips" for purposes of taxation, Britain's Court of Appeals has held that they are, basically, close enough.
"This matters because if Pringles are considered "potato chips" - or "potato crisps," [sic] as they are mistakenly called in Britain - then Proctor & Gamble UK has to pay a value-added tax, but otherwise Pringles are exempt. Upon this determination turned, as the Court of Appeals put it, "rather a lot of money."
Pringles are only 42% potato. Just so you know.
ETA: "The other stuff that Pringles are "made from": corn flour, wheat starch, maltodextrin, emulsifier, rice flour, and dextrose. They are 42 percent potato."
