- Next week, the Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee will review amendments to the Value-Added and Non-Value-Added Tax Act, with proposals from blue, green, and white party members focusing on “menstrual equality”
- The proposals aim to exempt menstrual hygiene products from sales tax to protect the rights and reduce financial burden on women and individuals with menstruation
- The People’s Party points out that exempting menstrual products from tax is an international trend, with countries like Ireland, UK, Canada, Kenya, and some US states already doing so
- DPP legislator Huang Jie emphasizes the importance of promoting gender equality in health care and reducing financial pressure on women by exempting menstrual products from tax
- KMT legislators highlight the financial burden on women due to lower wages and the unfairness of taxing menstrual products
- KMT legislator Wu Zongxian believes that with consensus among the parties, the amendment could be quickly passed without the need for negotiation
- Wu Zongxian is also working on a proposal to exempt diapers from tariffs to reduce the financial burden on families with newborns, addressing the issue of declining birth rates in Taiwan.
Source: tw.news.yahoo.com
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