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Archive > September, 2004 Vol. V, No. 9

Legal Update

ASC Tax Headed Your Way?

John D. Fanburg, Esq.

John D. Fanburg, Esq. New Jersey's freestanding ASCs are about to start paying taxes just for being, well, surgery centers. In the latest round of the battle between hospitals and physician-owned ASCs, the New Jersey Hospital Association backed a bill that will impose a 3.5 percent tax on ASCs' gross revenues. In addition, cosmetic surgery centers will be taxed 6 percent of gross revenues; it will be passed on to patients.

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