FabSwingers.com forum: Tampon Tax

By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago

Colchester

There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’d remove tax on clothes and food, as we have to eat and wear clothes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’d remove tax on clothes and food, as we have to eat and wear clothes."

Eat less and shrink into childrens clothes

There's no VAT on them

It's a win, win

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By *9alMan
over a year ago

Bridgend

as VAT is a European tax we should not have to pay it now, but I expect somewhere in the small print of the deal that Boris does not read the EU still takes its cut

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By *uzz And WoodyCouple
over a year ago

Maidstone

I’d remove inheritance tax and stamp duty on houses after their initial sale.

Fair enough paying stamp duty the first time a house is sold but charging it every time the house is sold seems unreasonable.

We pay tax on our earnings, tax on our purchases, tax on our savings etc. For our loved ones to then pay tax on our estate when we leave it to them after we die seems very unfair.

Lou x

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By *ot - CoupleCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland.

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By *uzz And WoodyCouple
over a year ago

Maidstone

"You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland. "

Or a lot of other things such as uni and prescriptions. It’s great living in England

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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

"You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland. "

Your spoilt lol, no prescription fees, no hospital parking fees and no sanitary product fees, think we should all be reimbursed in England, would make a tidy sum after all these years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never mind the tax... sanitary products should be free.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland.

Your spoilt lol, no prescription fees, no hospital parking fees and no sanitary product fees, think we should all be reimbursed in England, would make a tidy sum after all these years

I just had to Google it as I don't know anything about it.

I think that's amazing.

Well done Scotland!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’d remove inheritance tax and stamp duty on houses after their initial sale.

Fair enough paying stamp duty the first time a house is sold but charging it every time the house is sold seems unreasonable.

We pay tax on our earnings, tax on our purchases, tax on our savings etc. For our loved ones to then pay tax on our estate when we leave it to them after we die seems very unfair.

Lou x "

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By *uffnsmovCouple
over a year ago

Leeds/Wakefield

"as VAT is a European tax we should not have to pay it now, but I expect somewhere in the small print of the deal that Boris does not read the EU still takes its cut "

VAT replaced the 55% purchase tax. If we get that back you can pay my share.

Thanks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Happy New Year Tom

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

Why didn't the government seize the opportunity to make sanitary products free instead of just removing 5% vat?

they'll probably just waste more hundreds of millions re-naming it back to its pre 1973 moniker "Purchase Tax".

for starters i'd remove vat on power, green building materials, musical instruments, domestic renewable energy generation installations, mobility aids, maternity pads, bicycles and bicycle parts

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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago

somewhere

In Ireland there never was a tax on sanitary products so the uk gov could have organised to remove it while a member

They didn't bother

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"In Ireland there never was a tax on sanitary products so the uk gov could have organised to remove it while a member

They didn't bother "

This .... and they could have reduced standard VAT to 15%

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Never mind the tax... sanitary products should be free.

I dunno about that, but they certainly shouldn’t have been taxed.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Why didn't the government seize the opportunity to make sanitary products free instead of just removing 5% vat?

they'll probably just waste more hundreds of millions re-naming it back to its pre 1973 moniker "Purchase Tax".

for starters i'd remove vat on power, green building materials, musical instruments, domestic renewable energy generation installations, mobility aids, maternity pads, bicycles and bicycle parts "

Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Never mind the tax... sanitary products should be free.

You can get them free in Scotland.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why didn't the government seize the opportunity to make sanitary products free instead of just removing 5% vat?

they'll probably just waste more hundreds of millions re-naming it back to its pre 1973 moniker "Purchase Tax".

for starters i'd remove vat on power, green building materials, musical instruments, domestic renewable energy generation installations, mobility aids, maternity pads, bicycles and bicycle parts

Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer. "

Also if you’re going to make sanitary products free, then you would have to make toilet roll free.

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer. "

and?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why didn't the government seize the opportunity to make sanitary products free instead of just removing 5% vat?

they'll probably just waste more hundreds of millions re-naming it back to its pre 1973 moniker "Purchase Tax".

for starters i'd remove vat on power, green building materials, musical instruments, domestic renewable energy generation installations, mobility aids, maternity pads, bicycles and bicycle parts "

Cause it would still have to paid for, whether it’s indirectly or not.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer.

and?"

Then you’re back to square one, try and keep up

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer.

and?

Then you’re back to square one, try and keep up"

i'm ahead of you

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By * and R cple4Couple
over a year ago

swansea

"Never mind the tax... sanitary products should be free.

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This

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'd remove taxes on massive corporations. They are doing such good work by employing lots of people. Not fair to make them pay taxes.

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer.

and?"

I have no problem with the concept, but I do have an issue with tax-payers money being used to generate profits for private companies. Maybe the government should build a factory and make national sanitary products?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer.

and?

Then you’re back to square one, try and keep up

i'm ahead of you"

Let’s make toilet roll free, then soap, food, what about food, I mean I don’t wanna have to eat it cause it costs me a fortune, but then if I don’t I feel weak, it’s all so unfair.

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"I have no problem with the concept, but I do have an issue with tax-payers money being used to generate profits for private companies."

we seem to have handed over hundreds of billions to them in the last 9 months mind

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"Let’s make toilet roll free, then soap, food, what about food, I mean I don’t wanna have to eat it cause it costs me a fortune, but then if I don’t I feel weak, it’s all so unfair. "

really?

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"I have no problem with the concept, but I do have an issue with tax-payers money being used to generate profits for private companies.

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we seem to have handed over hundreds of billions to them in the last 9 months mind

Two wrongs don't make a right

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Let’s make toilet roll free "

There isn't any!

The fekkin hoarders attacked my local Lidl and there was none at all when I went shopping yesterday

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"I have no problem with the concept, but I do have an issue with tax-payers money being used to generate profits for private companies.

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we seem to have handed over hundreds of billions to them in the last 9 months mind

Two wrongs don't make a right"

i didn't imply that .... but if i had to voice a preference it would be to lift the burden from women and make sanitary products free rather than reinforce this chumocracy with tax payers money.

maybe the ladies on fab disagree

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Never mind the tax... sanitary products should be free.

I dunno about that, but they certainly shouldn’t have been taxed. "

Why should we have to pay for something that is completely out of our control and is already a massive inconvenience at the least to most of us?

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

Why should I pay for my uterus?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

If you vote for me I pledge to introduce a bollocks tax.

The bigger you are, the more you pay.

I'll require photo evidence.

The proceeds of which will fund a new monorail at Scarborough

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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

"Never mind the tax... sanitary products should be free.

I dunno about that, but they certainly shouldn’t have been taxed.

Why should we have to pay for something that is completely out of our control and is already a massive inconvenience at the least to most of us?

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

Why should I pay for my uterus?

Hear Hear well said

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

If you vote for me I pledge to introduce a bollocks tax.

The bigger you are, the more you pay.

I'll require photo evidence.

The proceeds of which will fund a new monorail at Scarborough"

I'm so glad you're back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

If you vote for me I pledge to introduce a bollocks tax.

The bigger you are, the more you pay.

I'll require photo evidence.

The proceeds of which will fund a new monorail at Scarborough

I'm so glad you're back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Why do so many assume that if things are free that everyone will stop buying them?! The free sanitary products will almost always be used by women that cannot afford them or are caught short. Condoms are free but there are still plenty of people that pay for them, what's the difference? Apart from most women will NEED sanitary products for a fair bit of their lifetime, regardless.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

If you vote for me I pledge to introduce a bollocks tax.

The bigger you are, the more you pay.

I'll require photo evidence.

The proceeds of which will fund a new monorail at Scarborough

I'm so glad you're back

I'm in the lucky percentage of men that would get free bollock tax like a low emission skoda.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Condoms are free "

What?!

This is like the McDonalds sauce tub trick all over again.

Why do I not know these things?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The taxpayer will always pay for everything in some way....nothing the government supplies is really "free" someone somewhere is paying.

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By *ichaelsmyMan
over a year ago

douglas

"There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

that was always one of the stupidest and meanest taxes ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

If you vote for me I pledge to introduce a bollocks tax.

The bigger you are, the more you pay.

I'll require photo evidence.

The proceeds of which will fund a new monorail at Scarborough

I'm so glad you're back

I'm in the lucky percentage of men that would get free bollock tax like a low emission skoda.

Do they not do much milage?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The taxpayer will always pay for everything in some way....nothing the government supplies is really "free" someone somewhere is paying. "

I don't have a problem with that if it means nobody goes without something that is necessary... I don't understand people that aren't... We all need some help at some point.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

If you vote for me I pledge to introduce a bollocks tax.

The bigger you are, the more you pay.

I'll require photo evidence.

The proceeds of which will fund a new monorail at Scarborough

I'm so glad you're back

I'm in the lucky percentage of men that would get free bollock tax like a low emission skoda.

Do they not do much milage?

Oh the mileage is high. But they're in an economy sized vehicle.

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By *ympho6969Woman
over a year ago

glasgow

Tax on pensions.

Anyone who has paid taxes their whole life and put away for the future, helping to contribute to helping others should be able to retire without paying tax in my opinion. Dues have been paid enough

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

If you vote for me I pledge to introduce a bollocks tax.

The bigger you are, the more you pay.

I'll require photo evidence.

The proceeds of which will fund a new monorail at Scarborough

I'm so glad you're back

I'm in the lucky percentage of men that would get free bollock tax like a low emission skoda.

Do they not do much milage?

Oh the mileage is high. But they're in an economy sized vehicle.

As long as you don't break the speed limit you should be ok

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"Tax on pensions.

Anyone who has paid taxes their whole life and put away for the future, helping to contribute to helping others should be able to retire without paying tax in my opinion. Dues have been paid enough"

my opinion is that they should remain up until retirement age but then be removed

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By *ympho6969Woman
over a year ago

glasgow

"Tax on pensions.

Anyone who has paid taxes their whole life and put away for the future, helping to contribute to helping others should be able to retire without paying tax in my opinion. Dues have been paid enough

my opinion is that they should remain up until retirement age but then be removed "

Don't agree with this but see your point.

I believe if someone works hard and is able to retire early, this shouldn't matter. They've inevitably paid more in taxes anyway to account for the losses further down the line

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland.

Your spoilt lol, no prescription fees, no hospital parking fees and no sanitary product fees, think we should all be reimbursed in England, would make a tidy sum after all these years

Day light robbery it is

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By *siris01Man
over a year ago

Luton

There was a bill before parliament in 2017 to abolish this tax...the Tories defeated it...also Ireland in the EU has no tax on them...absolutely nothing to do with Brexit....just more Tory lies.

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"Tax on pensions.

Anyone who has paid taxes their whole life and put away for the future, helping to contribute to helping others should be able to retire without paying tax in my opinion. Dues have been paid enough

my opinion is that they should remain up until retirement age but then be removed

Don't agree with this but see your point.

I believe if someone works hard and is able to retire early, this shouldn't matter. They've inevitably paid more in taxes anyway to account for the losses further down the line "

i disagree .... it's a mater of productivity. if retirement age is set then contribution should be paid into society until then. this won't stop early retirement and is the fairest method.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

I dont think it has anything to do with the EU

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland. "

That'd be the actual headline, not a tiny percentage on top...

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By *ntrepid ExplorersCouple
over a year ago

Birmingham

"There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

I dont think it has anything to do with the EU "
EU had a 5% minimum. Of course if they were free, 5% of nothing would also have been nothing...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

Ok we talking VAT OR Duty..... as they are what people call TAXES.

VAT will be refunded by HMRC if there is a VAT No.

The Duty is paid and thats thats

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

"VAT will be refunded by HMRC if there is a VAT No."

that's hardly relevant to domsetic VAT payers to be fair.

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By *ocusMan
over a year ago

Cambridge

Crowing about this being a benefit of leaving the EU is disingenuous at best.

The Tory government voted against removing the tax a few years ago which makes a mockery of people trying to make out this is a demonstration of the loosening of EU “shackles”.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Why do so many assume that if things are free that everyone will stop buying them?! The free sanitary products will almost always be used by women that cannot afford them or are caught short. Condoms are free but there are still plenty of people that pay for them, what's the difference? Apart from most women will NEED sanitary products for a fair bit of their lifetime, regardless. "

Exactly this and I would still pay for mine regardless of whether I get it free because I would feel like I was taking them away from someone else who needed them, supplies won't be unlimited, someone would go without

Plus I'd need a fuck ton of them

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

"You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland.

Or a lot of other things such as uni and prescriptions. It’s great living in England

They'll kiss that goodbye if they split and rejoin the EU. You can't have persistent 5-10% budget deficits without the eurocrat knocking on your door and imposing blessed austerity

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By *ohnny2006Man
over a year ago

worcester

"There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

VAT has nothing to do with the EU and VAT is not duty it is just VAT. So it is incorrect to call it a 'tampon tax'. And if that no longer requires VAT then why not men's razors?

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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

"There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

VAT has nothing to do with the EU and VAT is not duty it is just VAT. So it is incorrect to call it a 'tampon tax'. And if that no longer requires VAT then why not men's razors? "

Women use razors also

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is no longer a tax on sanitary products. One benefit of leaving the EU.

What other taxes would you remove or impose?

VAT has nothing to do with the EU and VAT is not duty it is just VAT. So it is incorrect to call it a 'tampon tax'. And if that no longer requires VAT then why not men's razors? "

You know shaving is optional, right?! Sanitary products aren't

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By *inky_Experimental_GuyMan
over a year ago

Reigate

"Things are not "FREE" for sanitary products to be supplied for free, they would have to be paid for by the tax payer.

and?

And sell the excess product to our trading partners, making the british customers product free. Oops we have no trading partners now.

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By *oxyvixen99Woman
over a year ago

Newtownabbey

Inheritance tax

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Inheritance tax"

The amount needed to be inherited to pay it is rarely reached by most people

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"Inheritance tax

The amount needed to be inherited to pay it is rarely reached by most people "

If you leave assests (including a home) valued at over £320,000 you are liable for inheritance tax. One half of a married couple can pass to the other without tax but when someone who is widowed dies their children will be taxed. With property prices it is very easy for a house to be worth over £320k.

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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

"Inheritance tax

The amount needed to be inherited to pay it is rarely reached by most people

If you leave your estate to your children then I think it’s £500k now then it would be 40% of anything over that value

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By *eah BabyCouple
over a year ago

Cheshire, Windermere ,Cumbria

"Inheritance tax

The amount needed to be inherited to pay it is rarely reached by most people

If you leave your estate to your children then I think it’s £500k now then it would be 40% of anything over that value "
and that’s per parent so would be anything over £1,000,000

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By *oncupiscence73Woman
over a year ago

South

"I'd remove taxes on massive corporations. They are doing such good work by employing lots of people. Not fair to make them pay taxes.

Wait ... what?

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By *nnie2009Couple
over a year ago

Blackpool

Prescriptions, Scotland and Wales don't have to pay. But we have to pay 9.15 per item

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

"You don't pay for sanitary products in Scotland.

Your spoilt lol, no prescription fees, no hospital parking fees and no sanitary product fees, think we should all be reimbursed in England, would make a tidy sum after all these years

I just had to Google it as I don't know anything about it.

I think that's amazing.

Well done Scotland!"

I didn't know about it either..sounds good to me!

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By *rincess PhoenixWoman
over a year ago

Southampton

"Never mind the tax... sanitary products should be free.

I dunno about that, but they certainly shouldn’t have been taxed.

Why should we have to pay for something that is completely out of our control and is already a massive inconvenience at the least to most of us?

Do you have to pay for your bollocks?

Why should I pay for my uterus?

Well said! A lot of men don't seem to understand periods and how sanitary products work

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan
over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

free sanitary products should include mooncups

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"free sanitary products should include mooncups

Agreed! And reusable sponges

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By *he Jizz PlayerMan
over a year ago

Hatfield

The EU set out what's VATable. The rate is decided by the UK.

A zero rate could have been applied by HMG from 1973 onwards. They just decided not to for some incomprehensible reason.

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