Why it's so hard to lift the tampon tax

Randall, Michael (2015) Why it's so hard to lift the tampon tax. The Conversation. (https://theconversation.com/why-its-so-hard-to-lif...)

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Abstract

The “tampon tax” is firmly back on the European agenda. In a single month, French MPs have voted against reducing the rate of value-added tax (VAT) on sanitary products from 20% to 5%, and British MPs have voted against an amendment to chancellor George Osborne’s finance bill to remove VAT on sanitary products. Currently in the UK, a rate of 5% is charged on sanitary productions which equates to £3 of an average £60 yearly spend. In Hungary the rate of tax is 27% but the lowest permissible rate across the EU for sanitary products is 5%.

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