In the case of the hydrocarbon sector, the goal was 16,162 million pesos, and 73,519 million were collected, these are 57,000 million above the goal, that is, a compliance of 455%.
Goodbye temporary imports
As part of this fight against tax evasion and smuggling, the federal government eliminated the temporary import regime for the footwear sector, since, according to President Sheinbaum, for many years it was used by companies to avoid paying VAT, since this consisted, precisely, of allowing manufacturing companies to import temporarily without paying this tax, under the condition that the merchandise was exported for sale in other countries, however, much of that merchandise remained in the country to be marketed.
Companies in the Manufacturing, Maquiladora and Export Services Industry (IMMEX) are also under scrutiny and are increasingly audited and reviewed, since their scheme is based on the temporary import of inputs without paying foreign trade taxes, VAT, or compensatory fees, as long as they are used in manufacturing, transformation, repair or service provision processes to be exported later.
In the case of hydrocarbons, there is a greater focus, after the case of gasoline and diesel trafficking was uncovered by the Mexican government, in September of last year, after the arrest of a vice admiral, five sailors, as well as former customs officials and businessmen who formed a criminal network, also linked to the theft of these products in the country.
The practice known as fiscal huachicol consists of importing fuels such as gasoline and diesel into the country, declared as other products that have a lower tax burden, such as lubricants and oils, it is known as technical smuggling, Pérez de Acha explained.
The measures are already reflected in the collection for inspection over the years in both sectors, in January-September of last year alone, 207,085 million pesos were collected from these inspections from taxpayers related to the hydrocarbon sector, the highest amount that the Treasury has a record of, in an equal period.
It should be noted that for the following year, reforms to the Federal Tax Code (CFF) and the Customs Law were approved to toughen measures to combat smuggling.
With information from AFP.
