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The sun hasn't exactly set on Solar Planet, but anxiety over the fate of the Arlington tanning salon has been running high ever since a "tan tax" took effect Thursday. One of the less publicized measures in the new health-care law, the tax imposes a 10 percent surcharge on the use of ultraviolet indoor tanning beds. Supporters -- including the Obama administration, congressional Democrats and dermatologists -- have argued that the tax will raise an estimated $2.7 billion toward the cost of expanding health coverage to the uninsured, while discouraging a practice that increases the risk of skin cancer by...

The first of Obamacare’s 21 new tax hikes will go into effect next week – July 1. At 10 percent, the tax on indoor tanning is already putting a business, paperwork, and employment burden on mom and pop tanning salons, where business owners have been forced to jack up prices. For many, this will result in fewer customers and profits and more layoffs and store closures... Read more: http://www.atr.org/tanning-tax-burns-small-businesses-a5114#ixzz0rbFPeJHr