The bill lowers prices and compliance burdens for tanning businesses and customers by repealing the tanning-services excise tax, at the cost of reduced federal revenue and a possible increase in indoor tanning and long-term skin cancer risk.
Tanning-salon owners face reduced tax compliance and IRS reporting burdens because the federal excise tax on tanning services is repealed.
Indoor tanning customers pay lower prices because the federal excise tax on tanning services is repealed for services after enactment.
Federal government revenue will decrease by the amount previously collected from the tanning-services excise tax, reducing funds available for federal programs or increasing deficits.
Indoor tanning patrons may increase use because the repeal removes a price disincentive, which could raise long-term skin cancer risk and related health costs.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Repeals the federal excise tax on indoor tanning services and removes the related chapter from the Internal Revenue Code. The repeal applies to indoor tanning services provided after the date the law takes effect, and the Act also establishes a short title for citation purposes.
Introduced May 22, 2025 by Rand Paul · Last progress May 22, 2025