Rishi Sunak confirms tampon tax will be scrapped

Women’s sanitary products will be zero-rated for VAT after end of Brexit transition period

The chancellor confirmed in his budget that the government is to scrap the controversial tampon tax and abolish VAT on all women’s sanitary products from 2021.

Tampons and other women’s sanitary products currently attract 5% VAT.This will be dropped when the transition period for Britain departure from the EU ends on 31 December.

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