Wednesday, February 16, 2011

IRS Hires 81 New Employees to make Sure You Pay Your Tanning Tax

Sunquest Wolff 16RS Tanning Bed

President Obama claims he hasn't raised any taxes, but the IRS is hiring people to collect them.
(US News)- The Internal Revenue Service says it will need an battalion of 1,054 new auditors and staffers and new facilities at a cost to taxpayers of more than $359 million in fiscal 2012 just to watch over the initial implementation of President Obama’s healthcare reforms. Among the new corps will be 81 workers assigned to make sure tanning salons pay a new 10 percent excise tax. Their cost: $11.5 million.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

John Boehner is going to be broke!