DOTmed News -- Imaging and radiotherapy OEMs are asking the Internal Revenue Service to make sure an excise tax on medical devices doesn’t put them at a disadvantage against resellers, and that it doesn’t hurt the leasing industry. In an appeal to the IRS, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance, a lobby made of imaging and radiation therapy OEMs, said that a 2.3 percent excise tax on device sales scheduled to take effect in 2013 could give some resellers a leg up if it’s only applied to Food and Drug Administration-registered companies, and not to everyone who sells the equipment.
