Tag: Midwest Association for Medical Equipment Services
Minnesota: Tax on DME? In some cases, yes.
May 24, 2010Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate that would stop the state from collecting sales tax on certain HME.
If passed, H.F. 3805 and S.F. 3352 would exempt prescribed, single-use DME, along with certain other medical devices and drugs, from the state's 6% to 7.5% sales tax.
"In Minnesota, you could buy a $500 outfit and you wouldn't get taxed, but you could buy a $500 piece of medical equipment and you would," said Rose Schafhauser, executive director...
