The maneuver, which came to the Senate for examination at first reading, provides for, in article 4, the reduction of VAT from the current 22% to 10% of sanitary napkins for women other than compostable ones.
A total annual expense of around 70 euros
According to the indications contained in the technical report of the budget bill, based on sector surveys and Istat data, it appears that the average consumption, in packs, of sanitary pads for each fertile woman is about 1.5, with an average expenditure of 5 , 8 euros per month and a total annual expenditure of around 70 euros.
You save seven euros a year
«By separating the current VAT at 22% – the document continues – and calculating a differential of 12 percentage points, we obtain an annual value of about 7 euros for each woman of childbearing age. The Istat population census considered the number of women of childbearing age, from 10 to 50 years old, for a total of about 14 million women from whom 450,000 pregnant women on average have been removed each year and an additional 5 removed. %, which represents those who already use compostable sanitary pads (already with a reduced rate). Multiplying the number of women involved, about 12,850 million, by the average VAT value of seven euros, we estimate lower VAT revenues of 90 million euros on an annual basis starting from the year 2022 ».