Getting “bronzed” is about to get more expensive.

One of the simplest and most immediate consequences of the 2010 Health Care Act is the new tax on indoor tanning.

Effective July 1, all indoor tanning facilities will be required to collect a 10% excise tax on the amount paid for tanning services, according to Section 10907 of the Act.

While this particular method of funding the health care overhaul appears to be minimally invasive and essentially voluntary as a person can choose to participate in the taxed activity, other methods of footing the bill for the Health Care Bill are more complex and more costly.

Additionally, it’s hard to tell if Congress intended this to be a means of raising some of the revenue necessary for the overhaul or if it was an attempt to send a message to the American public that Congress disapproves of indoor tanning, much like it cigarettes.

Several more tax aspects of the law will be discussed in the near future.