China has begun taxing condoms and other contraceptives, ending a three-decade exemption as the government intensifies ...

Contraceptives are now subject to a 13 percent value-added tax, while services related to childcare and marriage are exempt.

Condoms and ​contraceptive pills now incur value-added tax of ​13%, ⁠the standard rate for most consumer goods. The move ...

The move comes as Beijing struggles to boost birth rates in the world’s second-largest economy. China’s population fell for a ...

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Chinese people will pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services will be exempt, as the ...

China removed a three-decade-old tax exemption on contraceptive drugs and devices from 1 January in new steps to spur a ...

China's birth rates have been falling for decades as a result of the one-child policy China implemented from 1980 to 2015, ...

China imposes 13% tax on contraceptives, exempts childcare, aiming to lift birth rates amid ageing population concerns.

China has reinstated a 13% tax on condoms and contraceptive drugs to address its declining birth rate, effective January 1.

China has begun charging value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and devices, ending a three-decade-old exemption as authorities intensify efforts to reverse a sustained decline in births. From January ...