During the morning conference this Tuesday, the President said Claudia Sheinbaum revealed this, although he was enthusiastic about the restrictions on free sales violent video gamesAfter reviewing the methodology, she and her work team decided to discontinue the collection Steer for these products.
Since her intervention at the National Palace, the diplomat explained that it is a complicated process to find a way to quantify and classify which expenditures have content that incites violence and which do not, so there is no basis to continue with the reform.
He explained it the same way There is also no institution or authority that can determine the level of violence in video games.which would ultimately complicate the new classification to add the tax.
“It is very difficult to distinguish between a violent video game and a non-violent one. So how are you supposed to impose a tax on it? Who will determine this circumstance? So we make the decision not to impose the tax,” he added.
Although the Mexican president stressed that it is not possible to impose taxes on this type of video games, she stressed that the Mexican government will take measures to help families control these products.
In this sense, Sheinbaum Pardo pointed out that a Campaign aimed at bringing peace to Mexican homes. It will be very similar to drug control, which involves keeping boys, girls and young people away from substances, only this time the focus will be on that Digital violence.
“Many of them are online and create an addiction to video games, which costs money and also encourages violent behavior. So we decided to make a better decision.”r that the topic of taxes will be deleted because it brings with it many complications“And really, there should be a campaign aimed at bringing peace,” he said.
During the fiscal year 2026 federal revenue bill decision, authorities determined that a tax would be imposed on items and services such as cigarettes, soft drinks, serums, specialty betting games and video games.
This decision aroused the ire of fans of online and console games at the time, as it affected editions with extreme and explicitly violent content, aimed at adults and not suitable for those under 18, as it would lead to an increase in a 8 percent Regardless of whether it was purchased physically or virtually, the President announced that this measure would be abolished for this product only.
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