US EditionMexico’s Controversial Plan: An Extra Tax on Violent Games Could Push Prices Higher Worldwide - theGeek.games
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The government of President Claudia Sheinbaum wants to implement a levy on the Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS) of 8% on violent, extreme or adult video games that are distributed in Mexico in a physical or digital way. The proposal has been included in the Economic Package 2026, which was presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Monday. “It has to do with security issues,” said the president during the daily press conference on Tues…
As part of Budget 2026, the measure is intended to fund the treatment of disorders related to their excessive use, and the government estimates that it will bring in nearly $10 million as of next year.
The Mexican government wants to tax video games with violent content as part of its health policy and in order to fund the treatment of disorders related to their use, announced Tuesday the Ministry of Finance.
Mexico City.- The increase of the IEPS to flavored beverages, tobacco, gambling and video games generates signs of uncertainty, which can discourage investment, warned the Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex). "The increase of the IEPS to flavored beverages, tobacco, gambling and video games with violent content, as well as the elimination of the deductibility of the quota paid by banks to the IPAB, represent signs of fisca…
Does anyone want to think about Grand Theft Auto? Bad news for all Mexican gamers: the 2026 Economic Package of the Ministry of Finance contemplates a special tax for video games. In the economic proposal — delivered on Monday, September 8 in the Chamber of Deputies — it explains that this additional charge to the price of video games is part of the modifications to the Special Production and Services Tax (IEPS). But before you start saving extr…
The video game tax generated controversy on social networks, as gamers and consumers claim that this decision only seeks to raise money.
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