Sanitary Pads, 19 Others Excluded From VAT Hike - Nairaland

Sanitary pads and 19 other basic food items have been exempted from the new Valued Added Tax (VAT) increase expected to take effect from February.

The items are additives (honey), bread, cereals, cooking oils, culinary herbs, fish, flour and starch, fruits (fresh or dried), live or raw meat and poultry, milk, nuts, pulses, roots, salt, vegetables, water (natural water and table water).

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, who...

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