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Mexican Lawmaker Calls for Tax on Purchases From Amazon, Other Digital
Platforms

Reuters

   MEXICO CITY - A senior Mexican lawmaker plans to present a bill in
   Congress to tax purchases on Amazon, Uber, Airbnb and other digital
   platforms to help fill a multibillion-dollar revenue hole stemming from
   changes in how state oil company Pemex contributes to government
   finances.
   Alfonso Ramirez Cuellar, a member of President Andres Manuel Lopez
   Obrador's leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) who chairs
   the budget committee in the lower house of Congress, told Reuters in an
   interview that applying Mexico's value-added tax (VAT) to purchases on
   the platforms would help balance the government's books.
   "We believe applying VAT to purchases on the platforms is the best way
   to go about it. There are some very successful experiences with this in
   Latin America," said Ramirez Cuellar.

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