Eight period-care brands banded together to form the Tampon Tax Back Coalition, which will reimburse you for any tampon tax you pay.
, being able to afford necessary menstrual hygiene products like tampons, pads, or panty liners every month is tough enough, as is. But the addition of—to reimburse their customers for any and all state taxes they pay when purchasing their period products online or in stores.and submit a receipt showing their purchase of a menstrual product from one of these brands as well as the sales tax they were charged, and they'll be refunded for the tax via Venmo within two business days.
"The only reason I can suspect for why are still being labeled as luxury or nonessential goods is because the people who made these legal decisions did not get periods themselves." —Nadya Okamoto, co-founder and CEO of August While Okamoto implemented a system in May for refunding August customers for any tax they paid when purchasing products, the new Tampon Tax Back Coalition extends the impact across competitor brands.and have limited access to tampons or pads, consider an apt metaphor: living without access to toilet paper for about a week every month.
“There's a big dignity component to it,” says Okamoto. “Imagine if you have your period . You're on your heaviest day of your period, and you don't have extra underwear, you don't have a spare pair of pants, you don't have immediate access to a shower or a bathroom. And at the same time, you're trying to go about your day, or for many people, you're trying to find a job.
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