The 5 per cent tax on menstrual products – the tampon tax – was abolished in the UK from January 1.
Until the end of 2020, the UK also had a 5 per cent value-added tax on hygiene products, including tampons and sanitary napkins. This, as a minimum, is required under European Union law for the member states of the European Union. Because the British are now from a legal and practical point of view He left the European UnionThis provision no longer applies to them, so it was removed from today – it turns out From a BBC article.
It has come a long way, but health products are not considered a luxury good.
Felicia Willow, director of the women’s rights charity at Fossett, told the newspaper.
Last March, the British decided to cancel the tax on menstrual products. The British Treasury estimates that the average British woman can save around £ 40 over the course of her life. Under the current ruling, a 20-piece tampon would be 7p cheaper and a 12-piece pad would be 5p. The newspaper also states that many women’s rights organizations and activists in the UK have been fighting for it since 2001.
An initiative has already been launched in Hungary to cancel it, which is being implemented at the political level LMP support last year. And Scotland announced at the end of November that it would not lower the tax, but would provide free tampons and sanitary pads for those who need them.
