Photo: ´Chocolate´ cars: They ask the Government to stop the regularization of foreign vehicles that enter Mexico
The Mexican Association of Automotive Distributors (AMDA) made a Urgent called to the Congress of the Union to cancel the Regularization of used vehicles They arrive in Mexico from abroad.
According to the AMDAdue to Road safety risksbut also irrigation in the Fiscal collection and the Automotive industry from Mexico.
During the “El T-MEC and the tariffs” forum, carried out at the Free School of Law of Puebla, the Director of Interinstitutional Relations and legislative link of the AMDAJuan Pablo Calderón Patiño, revealed his concerns before Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar and Alejandro Carvajal Hidalgo, federal deputies from Morena.
Calderón said that, since the decree was implemented during the López Obrador government, they have Regularized more than 3 million vehicles that were admitted to smuggling, which generates legal uncertainty And endangers the road safety.
“The automotive sector cannot agree with the Lack of legal certainty and with the Risks to road safety“Calderón said.
Fiscal deduction in chocolate cars without updating.
The representative of the AMDA He explained that companies or people That they buy new cars can deduce part of that expense in their taxes.
That is, if someone buys a car to work or use in their business, they can subtract a part of the cost in your fiscal statementwhich helps pay less taxes.
Currently, if the car is Gasolinecan only be deduced up to 175 thousand pesos; if it is electricthe amount allowed is 250 thousand pesos.
The problem, according to Calderón, is that these limits have not been updated since 2008, despite the fact that vehicle prices have risen considerably, since today a new car usually costs around 500 thousand pesos, but only a fraction of that can be deduced.
Therefore, he asked Congress to adjust these amounts to adapt to current market prices and really support those who want to acquire new vehicles and legal.
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What is the AMLO Chocolates Decree?
Four days before his term ended, the now former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador signed a Regularization program extension of chocolate cars that will be in force until September 2026.
The decree is for owners of these vehicles can formally register themHowever, the measure has been criticized since then, ensuring that it affects the automotive sector in Mexico, since it does not meet the regularizations in security or in the environment.
