Another attempt to end that 'luxury' taxation...

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ErrolTheDragon · 08/02/2015 23:43

Here - the most amusing change.org petition I've seen yet too! (and it's got over 100,000 supporters already).

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FuckOffGroundhog · 09/02/2015 10:01

Tampon Tax is catchier.

Mooncup money might work too though?

Anyway I find it shocking sanitary protection can still be seen as a luxury. Those women around the world who stop leaving the house or going to school when they start menstruating...they should get over themselves really. Pads are a luxury item, you don't need them. You can just bleed everywhere right?

I wonder how long it would take to get Dave on side if we all took it in turns to go bleed over Number 10?

EBearhug · 09/02/2015 01:27

Yeah, but Tampon Tax is more alliterative and catchy, innit.

Does change.org only go for the UK parliament? Can't it go to MEPs?

Ohveryfunny · 09/02/2015 01:03

This may sound picky but I am annoyed at the 'tampon tax' tagline used in the Change email I got about it. It is described later as about sanitary products but I dislike the normalising of tampon use specifically - not everyone does, and since they've gone to the effort of making the campaign inclusive in other ways (referring to 'men and women who menstruate') then I'd like to have seen them do it in relation to type of product too.

AKnickerfulOfMenace · 09/02/2015 01:00

At least you didn't start "on the one hand..."

caroldecker · 09/02/2015 00:58

Partly I was laying out the issue for everyone and partly that the petition appears only to have added the EU issue as an afterthought and partly that the petition should be at MEP's who influence the EU (apologies for too many parts)

AKnickerfulOfMenace · 09/02/2015 00:52

Carol, that's exactly what's laid out at the bottom of the link - the petition is aiming to get the uk government to petition the EU,

PuffinsAreFictitious · 09/02/2015 00:26

So, we shouldn't have the campaign then? Righto.

caroldecker · 09/02/2015 00:10

When VAT (an EU compulsary tax) was introduced, there was negotiation of what could be taxed and what not. For whatever reason sanitary products were included as taxable.
EU rules state that taxable products must have a rate of 15% unless it is on a list of products which a low rate is applicable. The low rate must be 5% or greater.
The govt does not have the power to remove VAT on sanitary products, this can only be done at EU level - the current govt cut it to as low a rate as possible.

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