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You can tan outside all you want free of tax, but beginning July 1, if you go to a tanning salon, you’ll pay a 10% excise tax in addition to the salon’s tanning fees. This is part of the healthcare reform legislation, included in part to provide revenue for the costs of that law but also to discourage an activity that causes healthcare costs due to the increased risk of cancer for those who expose their skin to radiation. Regulations on this new tax have just been issued, dealing with such issues as when the excise tax doesn’t apply because the individual is obtaining a prescribed medical treatment (such as for seasonal affective disorder).

Posted June 15, 2010
Filed under Healthcare, IRS Guidance, News