pad tax

A Private Member’s Bill proposing an amendment to remove the 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on menstrual hygiene products has been introduced to Parliament. The proposed Bill seeks to amend the VAT (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1082) to remove the VAT on sanitary pads and tampons. It will also push for the reclassification of the 20% import tax on final consumer goods to zero-rated essential social goods and proscribe future taxation of such essential social goods. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, presented the proposed Bill to the Clerk of Parliament last…