I don’t mean to split hairs or even cotton fibres on this topic but I hope the Chancellor of the Exchequer will think of us when he sets the budget for the year ahead. I heard on the radio that he is indicating he will be kind to motorists and that’s very nice of him but he should do something bolder for women by abolishing the tampon tax.
Sanitary products have a 5% VAT charge on them which I feel is shocking considering it is a biological issue that affects half the population and sanitary products are not luxury purchases. If a zero rate of VAT can be charged on the majority of food products, books/magazines and children’s clothes why not sanitary products?
Abolishing the VAT charge would only save us about £4.00 per year but surely that’s not the point – we have to buy these products every single month for the vast majority of our lives.
Bubbly