Investigate possible reforms to the way VAT is applied to goods and services with a view to making it less regressive and, ultimately, to remove the poorest from having to pay entirely. This may require renegotiating our obligations to the EU, which makes VAT compulsory for all member states.
Tampons should not be considered a luxury item and should be considered a necessity
Tampons should not be considered a luxury item and should be considered a necessity (& other basic hygiene products too) (thinking of toilet paper, soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, and why not deodorant? )
So what I wanted to ask here is - are those things currently in the luxury bracket and hence VATable?
Realised the wording here leaves a little to be desired as we're particularly talking about VAT.
Whether it is or isn't currently, it's still a good statement to make, but the original needs to me reworded to be more formal and policy-like.
Investigate possible reforms to the way VAT is applied to goods and services with a view to making it less regressive and, ultimately, to remove the poorest from having to pay entirely. This may require renegotiating our obligations to the EU, which makes VAT compulsory for all member states.
Tampons should not be considered a luxury item and should be considered a necessity
Tampons should not be considered a luxury item and also other basic hygiene products (toilet paper, soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, and why not deodorant?) should be considered a necessity that it is of public health interest to not make VATable, or with a nil-rate VAT.
requirement to register land option agreements, transactions and prices."
When you buy something, it should be owned (not a license to use). A preventative measure to reduce risk of vendor lock-in and promote ability to fix and modify purchased products.
When you buy something, it should be owned (not a license to use). A preventative measure to reduce risk of vendor lock-in and promote ability to fix and modify purchased products.
This will be automatically merged shortly; I'll try to remember to follow up with a proposal just tidying up the wording a little and perhaps moving some bits into a footnote.
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@LudovicD - almost 7 years ago
(other basic hygiene products too) (thinking of toilet paper, soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste & why not deodorant?)