Lawmakers review tax breaks for wheelchairs, hearing aids


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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a proposal that would take away the sales tax paid on motorized wheelchairs and hearing aids.

Assembly members reviewed SB334 on Saturday in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

The measure would create a 2016 ballot question asking voters to exempt the sales tax applied to durable medical equipment like canes, scooters and crutches sold by a licensed health care provider. It would also carve out exemptions for hearing aids and ocular devices like prescription glasses from the sales tax.

The state's taxation department estimated that the measure could cost the state millions of dollars of lost tax revenue a year.

The measure would take effect in 2017 if approved by voters. It passed out of the Senate unanimously in April.

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