Claudia Sheinbaum clarifies to businessmen that she will maintain the policy of “no tax forgiveness”

2024-04-16 02:04:32

In a meeting with businessmen from Baja California, the presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, He clarified that he will maintain the policy of “no tax forgiveness.”

The clarification was given during day 43 of Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidential campaign, less than two months before the elections take place. 2024 elections in Mexico.

The Morena presidential candidate also shared that will continue with the model imposed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) with respect to:

• Republican austerity
• increase in minimum wage
• low prices on electricity and fuel

His words were given during Meeting with Businessmen and Women, which was attended by 340 businessmen representing 25 business organizations in Baja California.

Claudia Sheinbaum will not forgive taxes for businessmen

From a hotel in Tijuana, Baja California, Claudia Sheinbaum spoke about her future projects in Mexico, if she wins the country’s presidency.

There, the presidential candidate of Morena, PT and PVEM clarified that “We are going to maintain the policy of non-remission of taxes,” before the hundreds of businessmen who attended the meeting.

Likewise, he highlighted that will remain:

• respect for the autonomy of the Bank of Mexico
• no increases in gasoline, electricity and domestic gas in real terms
• the current Republican Austerity Model, to ensure that excesses do not return
• a reasonable balance between debt and GDP
• no indebtedness or increase in the deficit
• increases to the minimum wage in agreement with employers

On the last point, Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she intends for the minimum wage to be able to provide at least 2.5 basic baskets at the end of her six-year term. to continue reducing poverty, inequalities and allowing greater purchasing power for Mexicans.

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The non-remission of taxes was launched in the AMLO government

It should be noted that the non-forgiveness of taxes has occurred since 2020, after the constitutional reform that prohibits the practice was published in The Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF).

The decree issued by AMLO reforms the first paragraph of article 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, which came into effect on Saturday, March 7, where it is established:

“In the United Mexican States, monopolies, monopolistic practices, and tobacconists are prohibited; tax remissions and tax exemptions under the terms and conditions established by law. The same treatment will be given to prohibitions as protection for the industry.”

Mexican Constitution

The constitutional reform was approved by the Congress of the Union on December 11, 2019, and was subsequently ratified by 21 state legislatures.

And, according to Margarita Ríos Farjat, then head of the Tax Administration Service (SAT), reported that For 18 years, taxes amounting to 400,902 million pesos were forgiven (valor actual), to 153,530 taxpayers.

This through schemes of forgiveness of debts on contributions, fines and surcharges, different from what is provided for in the Federal Tax Code, which establishes in which exceptional cases the Head of the Executive Power could allow this measure.

How is Claudia Sheinbaum doing in the presidential poll heading into the 2024 elections?

According to the MetricsMX survey of April 1 on the presidential candidates of the 2024 elections, Claudia Sheinbaum has around 57% support for her candidacy.

According to the survey, the support of citizens regarding the elections 2024 is the following:

• Claudia Sheinbaum, with 57.1%% of the votes,
• Xóchitl Gálvez, with 23.7% of the votes,
• Jorge Álvarez Máynez, with 4.4% of the votes

MetricsMx Presidency Survey as of March 25, 2024 (Eduardo Díaz/SDPnoticias.com)

Everything you need to know about the 2024 elections in Mexico

The Mexico 2024 elections will take place next Sunday June 2under the organization of the National Electoral Institute (INE).

In these 2024 elections they are at stake 629 positions at the federal level and 19,738 at the local level, sgoing:

• The Presidency of the Republic
• 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
• 128 seats in the Senate

As well as the governorships and heads of government of the following entities:

• Mexico City (CDMX)
• Chiapas
• Guanajuato
• Jalisco
• Morelos
• Puebla
• Tabasco
• Veracruz
• Yucatan

It is important to highlight that these are the largest elections in the history of Mexico, since the INE indicates an electoral roll of 99 million 754 thousand 112 citizens, of which 97 million 782 thousand 429 They are registered on the nominal list and have a valid voting credential.

2024-04-16 02:04:32