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ThIs aRtIcLe pReTtY mUcH

cHaNgEd mY lIfE.

It discussed the 5 per cent tax we were paying on period products. At first I presumed this tax must make some sense. If the government backed a tax on period products, then there

must be some logic behind it, right? But I wanted to check the logic, so I began to research the UK’s taxation system (yes, I really was THAT desperate to avoid revising). This was when things started to get annoying . . . and then shocking. I discovered the extent of the absurdities that riddle our taxation system.

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