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taxing
Policy Forum
May 2010

An Argument Against the Feasibility of Taxing Cosmetic Surgery

Lauren Sydney Flicker, JD, MBE and Rachel Zuraw, JD, MBE
Taxing cosmetic procedures does not accord with the standard taxing principles of horizontal and vertical equity. Such a tax would be difficult to enforce and could be discriminatory.
Virtual Mentor. 2010;12(5):395-400. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.5.pfor1-1005.
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