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Mexico’s SAT Tightens Controls on False Invoicing, Seeks Preventive Detention Power

The tax authority is pressing Congress to authorize mandatory pretrial detention for false‑invoice schemes after tightening registration and invoicing controls.

Overview

  • SAT changed registration so the RFC and e‑signature are no longer granted the same day and companies must prove a genuine fiscal address tied to real operations.
  • An abbreviated procedure of up to 24 days will begin with immediate suspension of the digital seal used to invoice, with SAT saying taxpayers will retain the right to be heard.
  • Partners, shareholders and legal representatives implicated in selling invoices would be blocked from registering new companies, and buyers must correct their status or risk seal deactivation.
  • Applying mandatory preventive detention remains a proposal that requires changes to the Fiscal Code and congressional approval, building on Article 19’s classification of false invoicing as a grave crime.
  • As debate grows over due‑process risks and burdens on legitimate firms, SAT separately placed six companies on its definitive blacklist for using invoices tied to nonexistent operations.