At least five customs agencies are in the process of being cancelled for allegedly helping eight companies evade taxes by importing products from China and the United States, resulting in damage to the public treasury amounting to 24 billion pesos.
A month ago, Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard reported the cancellation of permits for eight textile and footwear companies that lied to the government that they were supposedly exporting products when they were selling everything on the domestic market, evading paying taxes. These companies had their permits cancelled by the federal government.
In these cases, a cancellation and investigation process has also been initiated against five customs agencies that have ties to helping these companies evade paying taxes.
“There are five customs agencies currently in the process of being cancelled, just for those eight companies, because what good is it to just cancel the company’s permit if we don’t freeze the accounts, if we don’t see who the beneficiary is,” he indicated.
During the People’s morning press conference at the National Palace, the Economy Minister emphasized that these companies imported products from China and the United States to manufacture their textile and footwear products, with permission to export them to other countries. However, these companies no longer exported their products but instead sold them in Mexico, without paying taxes.
In conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), the Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), and the state governments of Baja California, Jalisco, and Aguascalientes, the Mexican government continues its investigations to punish those responsible.
“We are reviewing what federal crimes there may be and we will surely find serious crimes,” said Ebrard.
Source: msn
