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in June 2019 Germany taxed sanitary products at 19% and books at 7%, so a company started packaging and selling Tampons as books at the 7% tax rate and there was nothing authorities could do about it.

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Fun Fact: in June 2019 Germany taxed sanitary products at 19% and books at 7%, so a company started packaging and selling Tampons as books at the 7% tax rate and there was nothing authorities could do about it.

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