NEW PRAGUE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electromed, Inc. (NYSE American:ELMD) ("Electromed" or the "Company"), a leader in innovative airway clearance technologies, today announced that the Internal Revenue Services (“IRS”) has agreed to refund the Company approximately $406,000 related to federal medical device excise taxes paid on revenue associated with the sales of its SmartVest® Airway Clearance System (“SmartVest”) during the Company's tax periods ended June 30, 2014 through December 31, 2015. This refund from the IRS will be recognized in the Company’s financial statements during the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2018, and is the result of an examination the Company concluded with the IRS on May 22, 2018 that determined the SmartVest was eligible for the retail exemption from the medical device excise tax. Furthermore, the Company will be exempt from the medical device tax after the conclusion of the current two-year medical device tax moratorium, which is scheduled to end on December 31, 2019.
About Electromed, Inc.
Electromed manufactures, markets, and sells products that provide airway clearance therapy, including the SmartVest® Airway Clearance System, to patients with compromised pulmonary function. The Company is headquartered in New Prague, Minnesota and was founded in 1992. Further information about Electromed can be found at www.smartvest.com.
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