A study conducted by sellers in the Juárez market showed only three received federal assistance, the rest work due to necessity.
One hundred small stall owners in the popular Sunday Benito Juárez flea market announced their intention to join local transport owners and drivers in a fight against Mexico’s tax reform laws which came into effect in January this year by erecting a prominent sign stating “Quiero ser REPECO.”
The petition by tianguis stall owners and drivers asks they be reinstated into the Régimen de Pequeño Contribuyente tax category (REPECO) requiring less tax reporting obligations.
Tianguis sellers told media that beginning next January many jobs will be lost due to the onerous and costly reporting requirement implemented by the tax department.
Aleyda Guzmán, a stall owner, said the government has not taken into account small businesses which are the most vulnerable and which will pay the consequences (of the new tax laws).
She told reporters they do not earn enough to pay an accountant which is now required, adding a woman selling eggs at the market who owes the tax office 20,000 pesos asked for a reduction but was refused, and come January they will all be under the new regime and won’t be able to pay or work.
A study conducted by sellers in the Juárez market showed only three received federal assistance, the rest work due to necessity. Guzmán pointed out the owners pay annual (permit) fees and location fees and now accountant fees.
They hope authorities will listen to them. If not, many of the Juárez sellers will close their stalls.
(from Noroeste)
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