Rejected petition Abolish Pink Tax

Get rid of "pink tax".

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The tax is sexist, oppressive and attributed to gender-based price discrimination, it stops young women and girls from accessing crucial period and sanitary products. Particularly with the current climate regarding women's rights and equality, this law is very backwards and should immediately be abolished.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you mean by the "pink tax".

A zero rate of VAT has applied to women’s sanitary products since 1 January 2021: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tampon-tax-abolished-from-today

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Reduce the VAT on reusable menstrual products "Period Pants" from 20% to 0%: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614222

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Date submitted 8 August 2022
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