Yes, I’m talking the ObamaCare tanning salon excise tax – it went into effect yesterday. As near as I can tell, it’s the only operative part of ObamaCare.
I feel my health care improving as I write this …
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Excerpted from: Businessweek, Tanning Salon Patrons Face 10% Tax for Glowing Skin, July 01, 2010,
The price of looking good increases by 10 percent on July 1 when a tax on indoor tanning created by the U.S. health-care reform bill takes effect.
The tax is expected to raise $2.7 billion over 10 years, according to a March 10 estimate by the Joint Committee on Taxation.
Small-business owners will be hurt by the tax …
- There are more than 20,000 tanning salons in the U.S.
- Women own 67 percent of them
- The industry employs about 140,000 people
Centers that use spray-on services or lotions are exempt from the tax.
Full article:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-01/tanning-salon-patrons-face-10-tax-for-glowing-skin.html
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