The VAT intelligence today filed a case against bakery shop Shumi's Hot Cake in the city’s Uttara on allegation of evading Tk 10.52 crore value-added tax.

Other than cake and pastry, almost every brand sells bakery items such as bread, biscuits, fast-food, chocolates and sweets. The price of a regular cake varies from Tk 800 to Tk 2,000 per kilogramme.