Sanitary Protection: VAT
(asked on 16th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make VAT on female sanitary products zero-rated.
This question was answered on 23rd January 2020
The Government will replace the 5% reduced VAT rate with a zero rate as soon as it is legally able to do so. Until then, a £15 million annual Tampon Tax Fund has been put in place to support women’s charities. This provides funding equivalent to the VAT raised on women’s sanitary products.