Great article about the Tan Tax.
"The Joint Committee on Taxation projected that the “tanning tax” would raise $2.7 billion in revenue; however, both the Internal Revenue Service figures and the White House‘s own Office of Management and Budget show it garnered only $86 million in its first year (2011). In subsequent years, it raised only $91.5 million (2012) and $92 million (2013).
I say it “only” raised millions but, quite frankly, a tax should have never been targeted toward this law-abiding industry in the first place."
"The American Suntanning Association reports that their workforce in 2009 consisted of 164,218; in 2014 it was 100,721 — that represents a loss of more than 60,000 jobs."
"As for enforcement and collection of the “tanning tax” to help pay the nearly $1 billion pricetag for Obamacare, there is no word yet exactly how much the government is spending to collect the tax. When asked by Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) how much it is costing to enforce, the IRS responded in a letter on September 2, 2014, stating, “We do not track the cost of collecting the indoor tanning tax.”
"In the meantime, a growing percentage of Americans want government out of their beds — including ones in which they tan." http://www.theblaze.com/contribution...-tax-for-that/