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The conflict that was uncovered in 2020 has caused the magnate to add interest and tax credits from other years, caused by the delay of trials that have left a current figure of 31.8 billion pesos
Omar Montalvo
Mexico City. – The company Grupo Elektra of Ricardo Salinas Pliego It is one of those that is the protagonist of the conflicts with the Mexican authorities due to the lack of tax payments, since the debt that was uncovered in 2020 began with 18.4 billion pesos and grew by 13 billion until it had a final figure of 31.8 billion pesos. This occurred because the businessman has refused to settle his debt, has delayed the legal conflict, which has allowed the addition of interest, as well as new debts, in addition to the fall of his shares.
The first judicial attack against Grupo Elektra It started in 2020 when the Tax Administration Service (SAT) revealed that after investigations carried out on the payment of Income Taxes (ISR), Elektra owed the federation an initial amount of 18,455 million pesos corresponding to the year 2013. In response Salinas Pliego was protected to settle its debt, but the Federal Court of Administrative Justice (TFJA) determined that there was no reason for the Grupo Salinas company to be exempt from complying with its tax responsibilities.
To avoid complying with the court order Salinas Pliego He took refuge again, began a speech in which he assumed he was a victim of political persecution and added that there were double payments. However, by 2022, former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador revealed that Salinas Pliego agreed to make a payment of 2,636 million pesos, although these corresponded to a different debt from 2006.
The judicial resolutions were taken by the then Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) chaired by Norma García Piña. Before the highest court, Salinas Pliego He requested that the projects on the resolution of his debts be addressed by ministers such as Alberto Pérez Dayán and Luis María Aguilar, who promoted protections that allowed him to keep the case in limbo.
For 2024 Grupo Elektra He acknowledged that he had a debt of 29,805 million pesos, a situation in which the businessman sought to reduce payments by around 24 billion pesos with protections, although it was a legal fight that he also lost. Federal authorities confirmed that the growth of the debt was due to the fact that time generated interest and allowed more unpaid taxes to be confirmed in the years 2008, 2009 and 2012.
In this case, one of the last projects left by the previous SCJN at the end of 2024, even without ministers elected by popular vote, was to allow it to suspend litigation against Ricardo Salinas’ companies, so that these matters can be resolved by the new judges.
In June of this year, the Second Collegiate Court on Administrative Matters of the First Circuit resolved a new trial in which it determined that Grupo Elektra had to pay 2 billion pesos corresponding to unpaid taxes in 2010, a matter that was under discussion and unconfirmed due to the protections during the last three years.
This last resolution confirmed a tax debt of 31,800 million pesos, however, the figure could increase in the coming months because the matter that the previous SCJN delegated over the Salinas Pliego companies is pending.
