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NPA In Coalition Pushing For Pandemic Tax Credit In Next US Economic Stimulus Package

 
• By Eileen Francis

NPA part of broad coalition of industry groups asking Congress to provide a tax credit in the next stimulus package to help businesses absorb cost related to COVID-19 safety precautions. NPA notes in a 6 August release that those costs will amount to about $13,595 annually for natural products marketers.

Notebook with tax credit sign on a table. Business concept.

The Natural Products Association is part of a coalition asking Congress to include in the next pandemic stimulus package a tax credit to help businesses pay for safety and testing precautions that NPA members say will cost on average $13,595 annually.

“As Americans have turned to nutritional supplements to support their health and immune systems in the crisis, natural products businesses have truly been a lifeline

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