Mobile residents sometimes pay hundreds of dollars in city sales taxes on hearing aids, but that would change under a proposal before the City Council.
) - Residents sometimes pay hundreds of dollars in city sales taxes on hearing aids, but that would change under a proposal before the City Council.
“If a, you know, a local tax is going to get in the way of maybe somebody getting precisely what they want or need, we should probably do away with the tax,” he said. “It’s a nominal impact, I think, for the city. And I think it’s a worthwhile endeavor to get rid of the tax.” Clarke White, Miracle Ear’s vice president of sales for the region that covers Alabama, told FOX10 News via text that the state law has had a “huge impact” since it took effect. He estimated that roughly 500,000 Alabamians are living with hearing loss.“A lot of patients will come in, and I would say maybe half of them don’t get hearing aids because they can’t afford it,” she said. “It’s really sad, because they need to hear to function. … Hearing aids are a necessity. They shouldn’t be taxed.
Jo O’Brien, who opened All About Hearing in Mobile in April and has been in the field since 2013, said she saw a big impact working in Mississippi’s Jackson County when that state eliminated taxes on hearing aids.
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