States: It’s time to get this done. If you won’t act, we’ll see you in court.
Half of the population gets periods. That’s a biological fact. And yet, 33 U.S. states still charge a sales tax on period products because they don’t consider them necessities. Since the tampon tax only applies to people who menstruate, this is not just unfair. It's also a form of discrimination.
In June, thousands joined us in warning their states: Eliminate the discriminatory tampon tax, or Tax Free. Period. will mobilize legal action to remove it as a matter of equality under the law.
Now we have assembled a coalition of lawyers to fight to eliminate the tampon tax in every state.
And we need your voice to amplify this movement. Join us in bidding the tampon tax farewell, once and for all.
Your voice can make history.
Sign today to become part of a community supporting the elimination of the tampon tax in the U.S. by any legal means necessary.
Legal Action Declaration
We, the undersigned, make public our support of Tax Free. Period. and its mission to bring an end to the taxation of menstrual products — aka the tampon tax — in the United States.
The tampon tax goes beyond being unfair and inequitable. Because it is women who menstruate, and must use menstrual products, the tampon tax is a tax on women. We stand with legal experts who have declared it a violation of state and federal law, including the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
We are done waiting for state governments to do what is clearly right, necessary and in keeping with the highest law of the land. We demand that the 33 states that still tax menstrual products act immediately to end this practice once and for all.
Help us reach our goal.
We're demanding tax-free periods by Tax Day 2020.
States, the countdown is on.
Bingo supplies? Doughnuts? Seriously? Click around the country to see some of the items that are tax-exempt in states that tax tampons.
Bingo supplies? Doughnuts? Seriously? Click around the country to see some of the items that are tax-exempt in states that tax tampons.
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About Our Partnership
LOLA and Period Equity are joining forces to mobilize legal action and end the discriminatory tampon tax in the U.S.