![Germany scraps ′tampon tax,′ as menstrual products not a ′luxury′ | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 07.11.2019 Germany scraps ′tampon tax,′ as menstrual products not a ′luxury′ | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 07.11.2019](https://static.dw.com/image/51155531_7.png)
Germany scraps ′tampon tax,′ as menstrual products not a ′luxury′ | Germany | News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 07.11.2019
![HM Treasury on Twitter: "From today, there is no VAT on women's sanitary products. https://t.co/9USs1BLu69 https://t.co/TJDcPDfcXV" / Twitter HM Treasury on Twitter: "From today, there is no VAT on women's sanitary products. https://t.co/9USs1BLu69 https://t.co/TJDcPDfcXV" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqjysnXXcAAsP0m.jpg)
HM Treasury on Twitter: "From today, there is no VAT on women's sanitary products. https://t.co/9USs1BLu69 https://t.co/TJDcPDfcXV" / Twitter
![Tampon tax to be scrapped as Government avoids Eurosceptic defeat | The Independent | The Independent Tampon tax to be scrapped as Government avoids Eurosceptic defeat | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/17/20/Tampon-Tax-AP.jpg?width=982&height=726&auto=webp&quality=75)
Tampon tax to be scrapped as Government avoids Eurosceptic defeat | The Independent | The Independent
![Tories move to SCRAP tampon tax after David Cameron 'begs' EU chiefs | Politics | News | Express.co.uk Tories move to SCRAP tampon tax after David Cameron 'begs' EU chiefs | Politics | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/590x/653853_1.jpg)
Tories move to SCRAP tampon tax after David Cameron 'begs' EU chiefs | Politics | News | Express.co.uk
![Brexit MPs join with Labour to threaten Budget rebellion over Brussels' 5% levy on tampons | Daily Mail Online Brexit MPs join with Labour to threaten Budget rebellion over Brussels' 5% levy on tampons | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/02/08/17/30FFCDE200000578-3437204-image-m-43_1454950885700.jpg)
Brexit MPs join with Labour to threaten Budget rebellion over Brussels' 5% levy on tampons | Daily Mail Online
ENTR en - In the European Union, the tampon tax cannot be abolished so easily. There is currently a minimum VAT of five percent throughout the bloc. The member states cannot lower
![Half of the European countries levy the same VAT on sanitary towels and tampons as on tobacco, beer and wine / Data news / News / Home - edjnet Half of the European countries levy the same VAT on sanitary towels and tampons as on tobacco, beer and wine / Data news / News / Home - edjnet](https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/var/ezdemo_site/storage/images/news/data-news/half-of-the-european-countries-levy-the-same-vat-on-sanitary-towels-and-tampons-as-on-tobacco-beer-and-wine/127245-10-eng-GB/Half-of-the-European-countries-levy-the-same-VAT-on-sanitary-towels-and-tampons-as-on-tobacco-beer-and-wine_imagefullwide.jpg)