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California lawmakers delay 'tampon tax' exemption bill [View all]
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Apr 4, 2016 10:21pm EDT
California lawmakers delay 'tampon tax' exemption bill
A California Assembly panel delayed action on Monday on a bill to end sales taxes on tampons and sanitary napkins, an exemption already enacted in five other states in a growing movement against what sponsors say is a tax that unjustly targets women.
The measure has garnered bipartisan support in the Democratic-controlled California legislature, but the Assembly's Revenue and Taxation Committee placed the bill on the panel's "suspense file," meaning its fate will be determined early next month.
Enactment of the bill would reduce state and local revenues by an estimated $20 million a year.
Supporters of the measure say menstrual products should be treated like any other "necessity of life," including food products and other health care items, such as prescription drugs, which are exempt from sales taxes.
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California lawmakers delay 'tampon tax' exemption bill
A California Assembly panel delayed action on Monday on a bill to end sales taxes on tampons and sanitary napkins, an exemption already enacted in five other states in a growing movement against what sponsors say is a tax that unjustly targets women.
The measure has garnered bipartisan support in the Democratic-controlled California legislature, but the Assembly's Revenue and Taxation Committee placed the bill on the panel's "suspense file," meaning its fate will be determined early next month.
Enactment of the bill would reduce state and local revenues by an estimated $20 million a year.
Supporters of the measure say menstrual products should be treated like any other "necessity of life," including food products and other health care items, such as prescription drugs, which are exempt from sales taxes.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-tampons-idUSKCN0X204V
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