Grupo Salinas, led by Ricardo Salinas Pliego, has ended its nearly 20-year tax litigations with the Mexican government by agreeing to pay 32.132 billion pesos to the SAT. Of this amount, 10.4 billion has already been deposited, with the remainder to be covered in 18 monthly installments. The company stresses its historical compliance with taxes, despite disagreements over the applied criteria.
Grupo Salinas announced that it has fully concluded its tax litigations with the Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT) and the Secretaría de Hacienda, following an additional payment that covers all demanded amounts. This dispute, lasting nearly 20 years, involved debts for Impuesto Sobre la Renta (ISR) from fiscal years 2008 to 2013. In 2013, the SAT issued administrative resolutions for these debts; from 2019 to 2023, the Federal Administrative Justice Tribunal confirmed them, and this year the Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) definitively rejected the group's appeals. The original amount was 51 billion pesos, but with discounts under the Código Fiscal de la Federación, it was reduced to 32.132 billion 897 thousand 658 pesos, a roughly 37% savings according to Hacienda. On January 29, 10.400 billion 630 thousand 537 pesos were deposited into the Tesorería de la Federación, with the remaining balance to be paid in 18 monthly installments. President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed working tables with the SAT to define the payment scheme. Luciano Pascoe, General Director of News and Communication for Grupo Salinas, stated: “We have always said it and we reiterate it today: Grupo Salinas and its founding president, Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego, comply, and have always complied, with tax payments. In the last 20 years, our companies have paid more than 300 billion pesos in fiscal obligations.” Despite fundamental disagreements, the company chose to close the processes to redirect resources to its operations and provide legal certainty. “With this payment—which exceeds the limits of the agreements originally reached in 2024—we will have covered absolutely everything the Treasury demanded in this long litigation. From now on, we owe nothing to the government, for any concept,” they affirmed. This agreement allows the group, which employs over 200,000 people, to focus on generating prosperity for Mexico.
