It’s the fast food equivalent of a Zen riddle: Is a McDonald’s Happy Meal toy worth as much in a Happy Meal box as on its own?
According to a petition filed by McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada in B.C. Supreme Court last week: no.
The fast food giant is appealing a B.C. Ministry of Finance tax assessment that concluded the company’s 23 B.C. restaurants had underpaid provincial tax on three-years’ worth of Happy Meal toys sales.
Single versus group sales
The assessment covers the period from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016.
A Happy Meal consists of items sold “together as a meal typically comprised
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