The private initiative must act responsibly regarding the tax on polluting emissions that will begin to be applied from next June, “stop trying to get a foothold in the cat.”
This is what the head of the General secretary of governmentJosé Guadalupe Torres Sánchez, who assured that the Ecological Tax, which seeks to tax polluting emissions generated by fixed sources, has no tax collection purpose, “on the contrary, it is a measure that will mitigate the serious greenhouse gas effects that “They harm the environment.”
The state official recalled that the administration has shown openness towards the productive sectors by going to the forums on the ISEC and by opening the dialogue through the Secretariats: General of Government, Ecology and Environmental Management, Finance, as well as the Legal Department.
He asked to stop looking for “how nots” regarding the taxation of this state tax, “the ISEC does not have a collection purpose, and it does demonstrate responsibility and commitment to preserving the environment,” he reiterated.
In the explanatory statement of the Income Law 2023 Regarding the Ecological Tax, it was argued that it was “necessary” to tax polluting emissions, mainly CO2, associated as a greenhouse gas and mainly responsible for global warming.
Finally, the person in charge of internal policy in the state considered that the current climatic conditions that San Luis Potosí faces, such as the ravages of drought at exceptional levels, increasingly high temperatures, or the lack of rain; They are a consequence of global warming caused by high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
A few days ago, the Potosino Business Council ruled against the aforementioned tax, classifying it as tax collection and that punishes the captive taxpayer base, therefore, susceptible to an amparo lawsuit.
