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• Tax Increases in Senate Healthcare Bill

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 481
  Ryan Ellis of Americans for Tax Reform has produced an excellent summary of the tax hikes included in the Senate healthcare plan which is expected to pass tomorrow:Individual Mandate Tax (Page 324/Sec. 1501/$15 bil/Jan 2014): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance must pay an income ...
  2 days ago

• "Botax" Out, Tan Tax In [Nip/tuck]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 802
  After the American Medical Association complained that the health care bill s proposed 5% tax on elective cosmetic surgery discriminated against women, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid removed the "botax" in favor of a 10% tax on indoor tanning. [ WSJ ]
  4 days ago

• Survey Says Most Oppose Cosmetic Surgery Tax

  
  Cosmetic Surgery Today — Authority: 128
  The latest health reform bill includes a 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery procedures, and many plastic surgeons and prospective patients are rallying against it. The tax, also known as “Botax”, may go into effect as early as 2010 and will be added to procedures and treatments that are not covered by health ...
  1 week ago

• Botax Protest in Times Square

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 481
  The New York Daily News reports on the Botax protests held Sunday in Times Square:Don’t tax our ta tas!That was the word Sunday from New York women outraged over a Washington proposal to add a 5% tax on all elective cosmetic surgery – everything from boob jobs to Botox to face-lifts.“It is unfair. A lot [...]
  1 week ago

• Cutting Health Budget NOT Same as Cutting Costs

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 114
  It is easy to cut budgets.  Not easy to cut real costs. Congress is looking for ways to pay for its expansion of medical coverage for the uninsured and underinsured. Their assumption is that most of those who are uninsured could not afford any premium payments for medical services.  They plan to pay for their plan ...
  1 week ago

• Tax on Plastic Surgery: Is it Practical or Fair to Women?

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 154
  Filed under: News Cosmetic surgery is on the table as part of the $848 billion health care reform bill. Why you may ask, when most plastic surgery is elective, meaning that people have to pay for it themselves? Getting a butt lift, nose job or tummy tuck could not possibly effect the money-draining health care ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tummy Tuck Tax Truths

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 481
  I have written ad nauseum about Congress’ efforts to find new sources of tax revenues because it lacks the collective courage to impose a direct income tax increase on the middle-class.Now here comes Josh Barro, Walter Wriston fellow at the Manahattan Instititute, writing for Forbes.com on the dangers of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Why New Botox Tax is Just a Tax on Women

  
  Beverly Hills Rhinoplasty Surgery Blog — Authority: 103
  For many people reading this blog, you may think- what’s the big deal if a 5% tax is imposed on cosmetic surgery? You may think those people are rich after all- aren’t they? But the truth of the matter is that some 86% of cosmetic surgery patients are working women ages 35-50, with an average annual income of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Botax Not a Tax on the Rich, Say Plastic Surgeons

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 481
  The New York Times says that plastic surgeons and their patients are angered by Senate proposal of a 5% surtax on certain types of elective surgery:The tax, which would be paid by the customer but collected by doctors, would be levied on any cosmetic surgery that is not necessary to address deformities arising from ...
  3 weeks ago

• “Botax” Expected to Raise $5 Billion Over Next Ten Years

  
  Cosmetic Surgery Today — Authority: 128
  A new Senate bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev now includes a 5 percent tax on elective cosmetic surgery. Millions of Americans who set their sights on procedures such as Botox , rhinoplasty, tummy tuck, hair transplants and breast augmentation will now be responsible for paying this ...
  4 weeks ago

• Taxing Cosmetic Procedures and Surgery in Health Care Reform

  
  Explore Plastic Surgery — Authority: 127
  There is sure to be much discussion to a provision in the U.S. Senate’s version of Health Care Reform which would impose a tax (penalty) on elective cosmetic procedures. With a tax rate of 5%, the measure presumably will raise close to $6 billion of the projected $850 billion price tag of the healthcare bill. [...]
  4 weeks ago

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