Politics · Mexico · 5 hrs ago
Mexico exempts automakers and gas stations from proposed tax limits
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies approved changes to the Income Tax Law that exclude automakers and gas stations from new tax limits.
The limits would restrict deductions and tax losses for large companies, including those with annual income of 50 million pesos.
The federal government proposed the limits to combat tax evasion and avoidance.
The Senate added the exemptions, and lawmakers in the lower house approved them by 349 votes to 92.
Supporters said the exemptions account for sector differences and help protect competitiveness; they cited the auto industry's jobs and investment and the regulation of gas stations.
Opposition lawmakers criticized the changes as rushed and said they were made without enough openness.
The bill now goes to the federal executive for publication in Mexico's Official Gazette.
Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approved changes to the income tax law that exempt automakers and gas stations from proposed limits on tax deductions and fiscal losses.
The changes passed with 349 votes in favor, 92 against and no abstentions.
The Senate had added the exemptions to the original proposal, which targeted companies with revenues of 50 million pesos.
The bill was sent to the federal executive for publication in the Official Gazette.
Opposition lawmakers criticized the Senate’s change as rushed and made without transparency, while a government lawmaker said it recognized sector-specific conditions rather than granting tax privileges.
- Who
- Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approved the changes; automakers and gas stations are exempted.
- What
- Changes to the income tax law remove these sectors from proposed limits on tax deductions and fiscal losses.
- When
- November 3, 2026.
- Where
- Mexico.
- Why
- The government’s original proposal aimed to combat tax evasion and avoidance. A lawmaker defended the exemptions as reflecting sector-specific conditions and protecting competitiveness.
Government lawmakers
Opposition lawmakers
Reason for exemptions
Government lawmakers
Carol Antonio Altamirano said sector-specific conditions should be recognized to avoid unjustified harm to competitiveness and development.
Opposition lawmakers
Opposition lawmakers criticized the Senate’s change as rushed and made without transparency.
Whether exemptions are privileges
Government lawmakers
Altamirano said recognizing sector-specific conditions does not grant tax privileges or broad exceptions.
Opposition lawmakers
Opposition lawmakers objected to the exemptions and challenged how the change was made.
The federal government proposed limiting deductions and fiscal losses for companies with revenues of 50 million pesos to combat tax evasion and avoidance.
The Senate added an exemption for automakers and gas stations.
The Chamber of Deputies approved the changes by 349 votes to 92, with no abstentions.
The changes were sent to the federal executive for publication in the Official Gazette.
- Vote
- 349 in favor, 92 against, zero abstentions
- Exempted sectors
- Automakers and gas stations
- Original proposal threshold
- 50 million pesos in company revenues
- Legislative body
- Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies
- Next step
- Publication in the Official Gazette
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