Finance Committee approves ‘tampon tax’ exemption

Tampons and sanitary napkins characterized as “medical necessities” would be exempt from Chicago’s 1.25 percent sales tax to avoid “unfairly penalizing women,” under a modest tax break advanced Friday. Five states—Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Massachusetts–have already made the products that women use each month before menopause exempt from sales taxes. Similar exemptions have […]