The Tax Administration Service (SAT) assured that more Mexicans pay their taxes in a timely manner because they see that they are used to build works and benefits for the population.
“We have total certainty that it is not about fear by taxpayers, but that a paradigm shift (fiscal) in Mexico has been seen,” said Gari Flores Hernández González, General SAT collection administrator.
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Taxpayers, especially companies, voluntarily pay their taxes, because “there is a even floor” for all, he added.
“Previously, when the big corporations did not comply with their tax obligations, it was always heard: ‘I why I must comply with the payment of taxes, but do not,” he said.
“When the population begins to see that there is a stop floor and everyone contributes, as well as the resources are invested in the welfare of the population, in social programs, refineries, airports and see it in their day to day that there is a better salary, because that makes us presume today that there is 6 percent more than one fulfillment and no coercive actions of the authority are not owed,” he said.
As of March 12, more than 170 thousand annual statements of companies had already been submitted, which means 6 percent more compared to the same period of 2024.
According to the official, the SAT received more than 10,000 extra statements, which reflects that taxpayers no longer wait for the last day to fulfill their obligations.
“This year’s estimate is a growth of 2 percent more in the presentation of annual companies, compared to last year and estimate to reach about 700 thousand statements,” he said.
He said that the main function of the SAT is not the realization of audits or prosecute taxpayers, but to facilitate the payment of taxes quickly and voluntarily.
“There are more than 8 million taxpayers, so there would be no capacity if the 80 million taxpayers were breached, they were bad, they would like to evade their responsibility and have aggressive fiscal practices, because simply and simply there would be no capacity to control them,” he said.
He indicated that most taxpayers meet their obligations in a timely manner and that they will be given the best service with the preload of information.
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At the close of the first 2025 bimester, tax revenues grew 9.1 percent in real terms and more than one billion pesos were collected.
“People are fulfilling and things are working in fiscal and economic matters in Mexico,” he said.
The main financing framework today in Mexico are tax revenues, he said.
“In other administrations the financing of governments was unbalanced, since 65 percent of the income was pressed by Petróleos Mexicanos. Today and thanks to the way they contribute to an even floor, natural persons, moral people, employees with business activity regime (professionals), ”he said.
“In Mexico, more than 50 percent of the income is through tax revenues, it is no longer through oil tankers or through debt financing with international organizations,” he said.
Moral companies or persons have 68 percent of the information for the annual declaration of fiscal year 2024. Since January 1 they began to present it and the deadline concludes on March 31.
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He said that until March 12 almost 170 thousand statements were presented, 6 percent more compared to the same period last year, almost 10 thousand more statements.
