From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the government to increase births

From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the government to increase births

China is set to impose a value-added tax (VAT) on condoms and other contraceptives for the first time in three decades, as the country tries to boost its birthrate and modernise its tax laws.

From 1 January, condoms and contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – a tax from which the goods have been exempt since China introduced nationwide VAT in 1993.

The measure was buried in a VAT law passed in 2024 in an effort to modernise China’s tax regime. VAT accounts for nearly 40% of China’s total tax revenue.

  • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
    124·
    17 hours ago

    or you could just, you know, get a 16 minute vasectomy procedure and bypass all that.

    Fully reversable if you ever want kids, truly a better option and something I wished I knew when I was younger.

      • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        16 hours ago

        You can’t make a blatant statement like that without considering age and how long one has had said procedure.

        As a general rule while not accounting for age and health too, see the following. Also, feel free to fact check me because I’m that sure of this:

        < 3 years: Sperm return ~97-100%, Pregnancy ~80%.

        3 - 8 years: Sperm return ~90%, Pregnancy ~50%.

        9 - 14 years: Sperm return ~79%, Pregnancy ~44%.

        15+ years: Sperm return ~71%, Pregnancy ~30%.

        • AlmightyDoorman@kbin.earth
          91·
          14 hours ago

          You made the first blatant statement. Furthermore you make claims that seem very dubious and then write feel free tonfact check me? Why not post a source? And pregnancy rate of 80% isn’t very good to begin with but it drops to only 50% after 3 years? Thats abysmal and to suggest to get such a procedure as a temporary solution is kinda insane. Vasectomies should be treated as a final solution.

          • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            12 hours ago

            You made the first blatant statement.

            No, you did with your 50% success rate and did so without a single citation.

            Furthermore you make claims that seem very dubious and then write feel free tonfact check me? Why not post a source?

            1. https://vasec.org/vasectomy-and-reversal-what-you-should-know/
            2. https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/vasectomy-reversal/about/pac-20384537

            But you probably know better than licensed physicians…

            And pregnancy rate of 80% isn’t very good to begin with but it drops to only 50% after 3 years? Thats abysmal and to suggest to get such a procedure as a temporary solution is kinda insane.

            Again and as stated. it depends on the age of the patient, their health and other factors. But you probably know better than licensed physicians…

            Vasectomies should be treated as a final solution.

            Conpared to the OPs statements, a vasectomy is a far better choice unless you’d rather let the woman suffer a full surgery with abdominal pains and scar tissue with a tubal ligation. Yeah, okay buddy.

        • Saapas@piefed.zipEnglish
          42·
          13 hours ago

          Those are not great numbers for advocating vasectomy as temporary contraceptive

    • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      16 hours ago

      If the Chinese goverment is increasing taxes on condoms to force people to give birth more, I doubt they will let men get vasectomies easily

      • comador @lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        16 hours ago

        Best part about being in Asia is you’re a couple hour flight to Thailand, Singapore, India, Malaysia, and South Korea where such things like medical tourism is common for Chinese.