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The pink tax refers to the tendency for products marketed specifically toward women to be more expensive than those marketed toward men. This phenomenon is often attributed to gender-based price discrimination, however research shows that the primary cause is women sorting into goods with higher marginal costs.
The enactment of the Gender Tax Repeal Act aided in combating gender-based price discrimination in the pricing of services, but did not prohibit such price differentials with respect to products. On January 21, 2016, California State Senator Ben Hueso introduced Senate Bill 899 [27] to extend prohibiting gender-based price discrimination from ...
Tampon tax (or period tax) is a popular term used to call attention to tampons, and other feminine hygiene products, being subject to value-added tax (VAT) or sales tax, unlike the tax exemption status granted to other products considered basic necessities. Proponents of tax exemption argue that tampons, sanitary napkins, menstrual cups and ...
Make clear that the "Pink Tax" IS a literal and actual tax. It is referenced [1] in the Federal Register. As an example, Men's, boy's and youth's shoes are assessed an import duty of 8.5% compared to Women's shoes which are assessed a 10% duty. Even when the shoes are made on a men's last and using a men's sized outsole, IF the product is sold ...
Code Pink: Women for Peace (often stylized as CODEPINK) is an internationally active left-wing anti-war 501 (c) (3) organization that focuses on issues such as drone strikes, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Palestinian statehood, the Iran nuclear deal, human rights in Saudi Arabia, and peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Pink money. Pink money describes the purchasing power of the LGBT community, often especially with respect to political donations. With the rise of the gay rights movement, pink money has gone from being a fringe or marginalized market to a thriving industry in many parts of the Western world such as the United States and United Kingdom. [1]
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. A 2021 ...
P45 (tax) In the United Kingdom, and formerly the Republic of Ireland, a P45 is the reference code of a document titled Details of employee leaving work. The term is used in British and Irish slang as a metonym for termination of employment. The equivalent slang term in the United States is "pink slip". A P45 is issued by the employer when an ...