We've talked before about how the government thinks they can tax your bad habits. These things are bad for you, so please don't make a stink. Just pay us our tribute and we won't shake down your business. And enjoy $10 a pack cigarettes while you try to keep your business afloat while paying our fee.
A 10% tax will be added to indoor tanning bills starting Thursday, as part of the health-care reform President Obama signed into law back in March. The tax will apply to electronic products designed for tanning that use one or more ultraviolet lamps with wavelengths between 200 and 400 nanometers. Other sunless tanning options, like spray tans, are not subject to the tax.
The tax should generate $2.7 billion by 2019, according to the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
Instead of taxing stupid things, try spending money wisely as a government so that you don't have to rely on idiotic taxing for income.
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