Overview
- Senate leaders said the package was referred to the Finance and Legislative Studies committees for review this week, with the ruling bloc calling it socially oriented to support vulnerable families.
- The plan arrives as minutas that reform the Federal Fiscal Code, the Federal Rights Law, and the Special Tax on Production and Services.
- The chamber is awaiting the revenue bill for Fiscal Year 2026 from the Chamber of Deputies for possible debate and a vote in the full Senate this week.
- Opposition lawmakers say they identified at least 72 items that rise or are newly created, citing examples such as higher cigarette duties, doubled museum and archaeological site fees, a near 1% tax on savings, and small increases on medical supplies like oral rehydration solutions.
- Critics also point to a 2026 debt ceiling of 1.8 trillion pesos with a projected total debt of 20.2 trillion pesos, and they allege the Fiscal Code would grant the SAT real-time access to platform user data.