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- Whitmer signed the first of two bills to eventually exempt feminine hygiene products from the state’s 6 percent sales and use taxes.
- The legislation includes tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins and others.
- The repeal is estimated to reduce the state’s sales and use tax revenue by about $6.3 million a year.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Thursday signed legislation to repeal sales tax on essential feminine hygiene products like tampons.
“Today, I eliminated the tampon tax to lower prices for Michiganders,” Whitmer tweeted Thursday.
“Repealing this unfair tax has been a long time in the making, but this is the year that we pulled everyone together to get it done,” she said.
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Today, I eliminated the tampon tax to lower prices for Michiganders. Repealing this unfair tax has been a long time in the making, but this is the year that we pulled everyone together to get it done. pic.twitter.com/EWYpt5vTWc
— Governor Gretchen Whitmer (@GovWhitmer) November 4, 2021
Whitmer signed the first of two bills to eventually exempt feminine hygiene products from the state’s 6 percent sales and use taxes. The legislation includes tampons, panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary napkins and others.
The governor said repealing the tax on menstrual products would ultimately result in saving families up to $4,800 in spending over the course of a lifetime, according to The Detroit News.
The repeal is estimated to reduce the state’s sales and use tax revenue by about $6.3 million a year, according to the outlet.
More than 20 states have either ended the taxation on feminine hygiene products or never had one.
Those opposed to the tax argue feminine hygiene products are a necessity and a tax is inherently unjust for women.
The measure will reportedly go into effect in early February.
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