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Tampon tax scrapped in Budget which means no VAT on sanitary products from 2021
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dailyrecord.co.ukThe Chancellor of the Exchequer , Rishi Sunak, has scrapped the tax on sanitary products in the Budget. The move, which comes into force in January 2021, will mean there will be no VAT added to tampons and other sanitary products.The Treasury estimates the move will save the average woman nearly £40 over her lifetime, with a cut of 7p on a pack of 20 tampons and 5p on 12 pads.EU law has so far prevented member states from reducing the rate below 5 per cent, which means tampons and pads are treated as luxury items and not essentials.
But the Government plans to introduce the zero rate on January 1 , the first day the laws no longer apply to the UK. While the EU has been working to give member states the ability to scrap the tax, successive
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