Charlotte Jessop - teacher, mother, author and all round queen behind Looking After Your Pennies talks with me about V.A.T. a tax on consumption that we all pay on our everyday purchases and hardly ever notice.
We explore the weird and quirky rules that determine how much VAT you pay on food, clothes and personal care items. We put to rest important debates on whether a Jaffa Cake is a cake or biscuit, what the average size of a 14 year old child is and the ultimate question: is a Pringle a potato crisp?
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