More Taxes on Soft Drinks and Cigars in Federal Budget
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Chihuahua, Chih.- Public debt, tariff war, the Pemex crisis, remittances, the cost of social programs and diverse macroeconomic factors are a matter of concern on the part of federal legislators of different parties, in view of the delivery of the Income and Egress Budget of the Federation 2026 to the Chamber of Deputies. As for Chihuahua, the representative of PAN Rocío González and her peers Alejandro Domínguez, of the PRI, Roberto Corral, of …
In Mexico, school soft drinks have been banned, they have been labelled with warnings and nine out of ten people know that they are harmful to health. But Mexicans continue to consume them, and the government wants to change that. On a new front of their battle against sugar, this Monday, the Secretary of Finance, Édgar Amador, announced an increase to the Special Tax on Production and Services for Sugary Drinks within the Economic Package 2026.…
The Secretary of Finance, Édgar Amador, gave details about the 2026 Economic Package, which foresees a total net expenditure of 10 trillion 193,683 million pesos, according to the proposal he gave to the Chamber of Deputies on Monday night. One of the issues that generated the greatest controversy is the increase in the Special Tax on Products and Services (IEPS) for soft drinks (sugar drinks), tobacco and video games. When questioned about how …
Mexico City, 9 Sep (EFE).- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, defended this Tuesday that the proposed tax increases in 2026 to sugary drinks, tobacco and violent video games are not a tax measure, but a measure of health and attention to social problems. According to the Economic Package delivered on Monday night, almost two hours from the legal limit for its presentation, by the Ministry of Finance to the Chamber of Deputies, the Speci…


Secretary of Finance entreg Econ mico 2026 package in San L tsaro and said that IEPS is adjusted to soft drinks, tobacco, casinos and video games.
As part of Mexico’s 2026 Economic Package, it was proposed to tax video games with violent content, extreme or for adults, not suitable for children under the age of 18. On Tuesday, September 9, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, spoke during the People’s Morning about the economic package of the Ministry of [...] The post Mexico will charge additional tax to “violent videogames” appeared first on Oronoticias.
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