{"id":145783,"date":"2021-01-02T01:05:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T22:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uk-abolishes-tax-on-womens-sanitary-products\/"},"modified":"2021-01-02T01:05:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T22:05:32","slug":"uk-abolishes-tax-on-womens-sanitary-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uk-abolishes-tax-on-womens-sanitary-products\/","title":{"rendered":"#UK abolishes tax on women’s sanitary products"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#UK abolishes tax on women’s sanitary products<\/strong>”
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Britain on Friday became the latest country to abolish the so-called \u201ctampon tax,\u201d eliminating sales taxes on women\u2019s sanitary products.<\/p>\n

The move was widely praised by women\u2019s rights advocates as well as proponents of the country\u2019s departure from the European Union.<\/p>\n

Treasury chief Rishi Sunak had committed to ending the widely unpopular tax on tampons and sanitary pads in his budget in March but the change could only take effect Friday after Britain had finally left the economic orbit of the European Union.<\/p>\n

Under EU law, nations cannot reduce the rate of value-added tax on menstrual products below 5 percent as they are deemed to be luxury items and not essentials. Ireland is the only EU country that does not charge a levy on sanitary products as its zero tax rate was in place before the EU set its floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cSanitary products are essential, so it\u2019s right that we do not charge VAT,\u201d said Sunak. \u201cWe have already rolled out free sanitary products in schools, colleges and hospitals and this commitment takes us another step closer to making them available and affordable for all women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Britain officially left the bloc\u2019s vast single market<\/a>\u00a0for people, goods and services at 11 p.m. London time on Thursday, giving it greater scope to set its own laws. A new U.K.-EU trade deal will bring new restrictions and red tape, but for British Brexit supporters, it means reclaiming national independence from the EU and its rules. They pointed to the abolition of the tampon tax as an early positive change from Brexit.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s treasury has previously estimated the move will save the average woman nearly 40 pounds ($55) over her lifetime.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long road to reach this point, but at last, the sexist tax that saw sanitary products classed as nonessential, luxury items can be consigned to the history books,\u201d said Felicia Willow, chief of the Fawcett Society, a women\u2019s rights charity.<\/p>\n

Many other countries have also eliminated the tampon tax, including Australia, Canada and India. In the United States, several states including New York and Florida have also nixed the tax.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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