They Refuse to Exempt Vat to More Walmart Menstrual Products
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The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) determined that the company Walmart of Mexico has no legitimacy to promote an amparo trial with which it sought to increase the number of items for menstrual hygiene to which the tax of 16 percent does not apply, considering that the company tried to obtain commercial benefits and does not represent any social group.
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) refused to eliminate VAT collection for all menstruation-related products sold in Walmart, who promoted an amparo to extend the exemption approved since 2022 for sanitary towels, tampons and cups. Most ministers argued that the US company has no legitimacy to request tax cancellation, cannot represent Mexican women and would be unfair for those who do not have a store nearby. "It would only benef…
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) rejected an amparo filed by Walmart so that the zero rate for intimate hygiene products for women and pregnant people would also be applied to products such as sanitary towels, tampons and menstrual cups. By a majority of five votes, the SCJN rejected the project of Minister Irving Espinoza Betanzo, noting that the company cannot process an amparo against the tax reform of 2021, which left exempt…
Walmart requested an amparo to be able to sell without VAT products such as pantyprotectors or patches for colics, among others, and not only sanitary towels, tampons and cups included in the tax reform of 2021.
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