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Yesterday, the IRS held a webinar addressing the collection of the new Excise Tax on Indoor Tanning Services. The IRS representatives offered valuable information about what services are taxable, business exemptions, collecting the tax and filing.

The tax applies to …

Indoor tanning facility owners say customers choose Smart Tan tanning facilities primarily for the service and staff at the salons, according to a SmartTan.com survey conducted in October.

According to the survey, 65 percent of of professional indoor tanning facility …

The Oregon Department of Human Services is requiring that by July 1, 2011, all registered professional indoor tanning businesses must complete an approved training course. Previously, only physical classroom training was accepted, but the new regulations have been expanded to …

A leading internet health education web site has urged the legions of pink-bracelet-clad advocates breast cancer awareness to consider the fact that “the Sunshine Vitamin” could do more for breast cancer prevention than wearing pink ever will.

“One in eight …

It’s no secret that small businesses have taken a massive hit due to the recession, and the indoor tanning industry has been hit especially hard. Not only are salon owners dealing with a poor economy, but the new excise tax …

The non-profit independent Vitamin D Council, in a newsletter this week, printed a letter from a woman who lost custody of her infant daughter after broken bones were initially suspected by authorities to be child-abuse related.

It turns out the …

According to the Small Business Association (SBA), federal regulations cost small businesses more than larger businesses. In the SBA’s study, “The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms,” four areas were looked at when comparing cost burdens on businesses: economic, …

A Denver television news station ran a story Wednesday about a woman with severe vitamin D deficiency — shedding light on the ultimate cause: overzealous sun avoidance.

“When I couldn’t get out of bed in the morning to go to …