Nov 10, 2022
Investigations
How the abolition of the “tampon tax” benefited retailers, not women
5% VAT applied to tampons until January 2021 – then it was abolished. Many were hoping that the savings would go to women, in reduced tampon prices. Our analysis of ONS pricing data shows that no more than 1% of the VAT savings was passed to consumers; the rest – and very possibly all the […]