DC DON'T TAX YOGA- has anyone heard about this?

May 6, 2010

SAT NAM NAMASTEThis Friday May 7th the DC Council will vote whether to tax yoga classes and health club services.As a general rule services are exempt from tax in the District of Columbia.

For example, when you go to your attorney you do not pay tax on their services.But they want to tax yoga. Instead of promoting healthy activities that actually lower the burden of other services like medical and police by bringing calm and health to peoples' lives, they want to make it more expensive.

As a small business owner paying big city rents I can say that it is already hard enough to make ends meet providing yoga classes - and for the consumer they are already expensive enough!

My experience with yogis is that they are not generally rich women who do lunch - they are students, folks who work in the non-profit sector or artists, folks that work hard and just have enough if they are lucky to pay for that one two week vacation a year - yes some folks are wealthy but this is not the majority.

Please take a moment and email Aretha Latta at alattaand say: Don't Tax Yoga!

If you want you can forward this email to her.If you can and would like to attend the hearing it will be Friday May 7 in the Council Chamber (Room 500), Room 412, Room 120, or Room 123 John A. Wilson Building;

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.; Washington, DC 2000410 amThis information came to me through the grapevine of yogis - no offical notice was given to interested parties even though we do pay a license fee to the District, as renters under the Triple Net standard rental policy I pay about $500/month in taxes to the District of Columbia through my landlord.

Enough is enough! Aretha LattaalattaDON'T TAX YOGA!

THANK YOUNAMASTE, SAT NAM,

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