Planet Fitness applies Obamacare tanning tax to members

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Some locations of the Planet Fitness health club chain have begun charging some of their members a portion of the indoor tanning services tax mandated by the Affordable Care Act, whether or not they use the tanning services.

The ACA mandated a 10% excise tax on indoor tanning services starting July 1, 2010 as a way to help pay for the cost of the legislation.

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Michael Cohn, editor-in-chief of AccountingToday.com, has been covering business and technology for a variety of publications since 1985. Prior to joining Accounting Today and WebCPA, he worked for … Read full bio


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