Overview
- Deputies from the PT and PVEM proposed applying IVA and IEPS to ready‑to‑drink electrolyte beverages, arguing they are marketed as medicines despite high sugar content.
- Finance Secretary Édgar Amador Zamora called the proposal viable and signaled openness to discuss amendments that harmonize treatment with other sweetened drinks.
- Supporters estimate the change would raise at least 5 billion pesos, within a broader package of higher levies on sugary beverages and tobacco projected to yield about 51 billion pesos.
- Legislators cited Electrolit as an example of alleged advantages from medicine classification, noting 16 billion pesos in 2024 sales and an estimated 12 billion pesos in avoided IVA and IEPS over five years.
- In a related step, the Chamber’s Health Commission unanimously approved a Morena initiative to prohibit energy‑drink sales to minors.