Mexico’s Deputies Pass 8% Tax on Violent and Unfit Video Games for Minors · Global Voices

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Photo: Courtesy Rockstar Claudia Sheinbaum's government included in Economic Package 2026 a new tax aimed at video games with violent content, within the so-called healthy taxes that also include soft drinks, tobacco and gambling. This measure, presented as a strategy to reduce risk factors in young people and strengthen revenue collection, has caused a great controversy. The central question is whether a tax on violent video games can really ha…

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The government raises 8% to video games, but still does not understand that violence is not born in a console, but in a state that does not comply.

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The government raises 8% to video games, but still does not understand that violence is not born in a console, but in a state that does not comply.

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Mexico City.- Morena’s deputy for Baja California, José Armando Fernández Samaniego, who promoted through his social networks one of the most violent war video games in the market, Call of Duty, especially the edition in which Mexico appears as a country in which the Armed Forces are colliding with drug traffickers, defended the initiative that the federal government collects taxes through its sale. “We also tax video games with violent content …

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This Friday, Diana Zavala and Monica Alfaro tell you all the details about the increases that will have flavored drinks containing added sugars, such as soft drinks and juices, drinks flavored with added sweeteners, such as diet sodas, oral serums containing added sugars and sweeteners, tobacco, gambling with bets and draws and video games considered violent by 2026.