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'Lame Duck' Bill Would Halt Device Tax Until 2025

11 Dec 2018

A revised tax bill introduced by the top lawmaker in the Ways and Means Committee could freeze the Obamacare medical device tax for an additional five years. It is expected a new Congress will be more politically contentious, making it harder to pass an extended moratorium or repeal the bill; this latest effort may be industry’s best chance.

The device industry is keeping its fingers crossed for a revised end-of- year tax bill released by House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas. The 253-page bill includes a five-year extended moratorium on the 2.3% medical device excise tax, which is currently set to come back in 2020.

Device industry groups such as AdvaMed and the Medical Device Manufacturer’s Association (MDMA) have been trying to repeal the tax...