Legislació
Mexico – New tax regime will bring investment says AIEJA
By Phil - 22 de març de 2019
The President of the Mexican Gaming Association (AIEJA) Miguel Angel Ochoa Sanchez has reiterated his support for new rules which would change taxes on the industry in Mexico.
Mr. Ochoa said that new taxes at a federal level would lead to more certainty for national and foreign investors which will in turn lead to greater foreign investment and more jobs.
“Les tres propostes presentades pel Moviment de Regeneració Nacional (MORENA) a la Cambra i al Senat ens agraden perquè és una cosa que fa més de deu anys que demanem, ja que actualment hi ha tres règims fiscals per al sector: una que cobra el govern a nivell federal, una altra a nivell estatal i una tercera a través dels municipis”, va dir en una entrevista al servei de notícies local Notimex. Va dir que aquests càrrecs generaven molta confusió i incertesa ja que cada estat cobra els seus propis impostos. A més, els impostos sobre la indústria han augmentat significativament a nivell local on les autoritats locals i els governs municipals, "s'estan inventant impostos, que ni tan sols existeixen a nivell mundial"
The new taxes would give more control to the federal government which in turn would reap a much more significant amount of taxes. “The three proposals speak of establishing a more appropriate regime for the sector, none of the three defines the how but what it does define is giving a special regime to the sector . . . the three proposals eliminate the collection of taxes to the states and to the municipalities, the whole federation charges and distributes a small percentage to the states and municipalities,” he said.
Mr. Ochoa said the industry wanted an even playing field and, that they be charged fairly, since that “would generate greater certainty to domestic and foreign investors when it comes to knowing clearly how much they will pay in taxes when they decide to enter this sector.”
Mr. Ochoa went onto say that the taxes set on a local level “break the stability of the investment, they create uncertainty and that prevents strong investments from coming to the national economy in this sector,” he said.
He also argued that by increasing certainty when it came to investment, the number of gambling establishments could double during the current Presidential term especially as gambling becomes more popular as an entertainment option.
Senators belonging to the left wing party the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) have put forward an initiative to increase taxes on gambling and change online gambling rules. The new law also seeks to give the central government more say when it comes to establishing tax rates over the industry.
Caption: Miguel Angel Ochoa Sanchez
