BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Teacake set to cost taxman £3.5m
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7340101.stm
The UK Treasury is facing a £3.5m bill, because of VAT wrongly imposed on a Marks and Spencer teacake, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.Customers paid VAT for 20 years before the authorities accepted the product was a cake, which does not command VAT.
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