Fernando Camacho Servín
La Jornada newspaper
Saturday, February 15, 2025, p. 8
Only three federative entities of the country are able to cover their expense for personal services using their tax revenues, and, on the contrary, there are 11 states whose expenses in that area exceed more than five times what they collect, according to a study of The Superior Audit of the Federation (ASF).
In an analysis prepared by the Special Auditor in Federalized Expenditure, Emilio Barriga Delgado, was warned about the insufficiency of the collection of the property tax, one of the lowest among the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
In Financial Dependency of the municipalities and their collection potential He affirms that the funds collected by state governments are insufficient to finance salaries and salaries of public servants. The only ones who can pay their payroll with their collection are Quintana Roo, Mexico City and Querétaro; The least capacity are Michoacán, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, Puebla and Durango.
