In its haste to pass healthcare reform legislation last winter and at the urging of a wealthy special interest group, the American Academy of Dermatology, Congress included a 10% tax on indoor tanning services in the final healthcare reform bill. A 10 percent tax on tanning was placed in the federal health care bill instead of the originally proposed 5 percent “bo-tax,” which would have taxed cosmetic surgeries. This tax was not drafted by congressional staff and did not go through the normal legislative vetting process or any committee consideration. As a result, it was poorly drafted, will be extremely difficult to collect and will harm thousands of small businesses and affect millions of consumers, mostly working and middleclass women. Now that President Barack Obama has signed the health care bill into law, the tan tax will affect all tanning salons nationwide.

This tax is NOT an increase from your tanning service provider - it is a federally mandated tax that applies to EVERY salon in the country that provides UV tanning. If you’d like to reach your representatives in Washington to complain about this unfair tax, click here.

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