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Pink Tax Repeal Act. On July 8, 2016, Speier introduced H.R. 5686, Pink Tax Repeal Act, to the House floor. The overall intention of the Pink Tax Repeal Act is to end gender-based price discrimination. She was the bill's primary sponsor. This was widely considered an early version of the bill.
In November 2019, Ohio became the 12th US state to repeal the pink or tampon tax. Both Representatives Greta Johnson and Brigid Kelly introduced the bills for years and finally became law in November 2019 – that would exempt feminine menstrual products from the state's sales tax.
Two new reports show that women are paying what’s become known as a kind of “pink” tax for their health care.
The additional tariffs fall under a category deemed the “pink tax,” which has been outlawed in a handful of states, including California and New York, but not at the federal level. Texas ...
Women are paying simply for shopping while female and it’s all because of the so-called pink tax. Though not literally a tax, it refers to the up-charge seen on products marketed to women....
Gender-based price discrimination is also described as pink tax. Gender-based price discrimination exists in many industries including insurance, dry cleaning, hairdressing, nightclubs, clothing, personal care products, discount prices and consumption taxes.
The phenomenon known as the “pink tax,” when products and services aimed at women cost more than their counterparts aimed at men, is well-documented across many goods and services.
The tax imposed was a flat tax, with a rate of 3% on incomes above $800 ($27,129 in 2023). The Revenue Act of 1861 was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln. The income tax provision (Sections 49, 50 and 51) was repealed by the Revenue Act of 1862.
An online campaign this fall encouraged the Chinese government to drop a 13% tax on menstrual products as it considers a new law on value-added taxes, arguing they should be considered basic ...
When the Civil War ended it did not mean an end to revenue taxes as the federal government still had not paid the $2.7 billion debt it had acquired until 1883, at which time it finally repealed the excise tax.