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Claire Cox from the organization STOMP — Stop Taxation of Menstrual Products — advocated to eliminate the Georgia sales tax on menstrual products.
Credit: Sarah Kallis / GPB News
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Lawmakers and activists push to eliminate sales tax on menstrual products
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LISTEN: A group of lawmakers and activists are pushing to remove sales tax on menstrual products in Georgia. GPB's Sarah Kallis reports.
A group of lawmakers and activists are pushing to remove sales tax on menstrual products in Georgia.
Period products are taxed at 4% in Georgia. House Bill 123, which has bipartisan sponsors, seeks to change that.
Elle Knott with the YWCA of Greater Atlanta said removing the sales tax on products like tampons and pads, referred to as menstrual discharge collection devices, could save women in Georgia $6 million a year.
"I'm not saying that removing the tax on MDCDs could solve every financial problem, but I do believe that eliminating the sales tax would ease the financial burden of Georgian women throughout the state," she said.
Claire Cox, the chair of activist group Georgia Stop Taxation of Menstrual Products (Georgia STOMP), said that the Food and Drug Administration considers MDCDs medical devices. She hopes that classification will help tax removal efforts.
Menstrual products are not taxed in 29 states.
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