Morena closes the door on inheritance tax
Morena’s coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Monreal, denied this Wednesday that the Legislative Branch has the intention of reforming laws to tax inheritances. The statement comes after Minister Lenia Batres raised the measure days ago.
Monreal was clear: “We have no intention of taxing inheritances. In fact, we have no initiatives in this regard, no one has presented an initiative regarding taxing inheritances.”
The position is aligned with what was said by President Claudia Sheinbaum, who this morning stated that “it is not an approach that we would make.” Sheinbaum thus supported the position of the Morenoist leader.
No formal proposals
In a press conference, Monreal explained that only the Executive and Legislative branches—not the Judicial branch—have the power to present initiatives. “The only ones who have legislative capacity are the President of the Republic, the senators and deputies, and the local congresses, and until now we have no intention,” he stated.
The coordinator also expressed his personal disagreement with the tax. “I said in that interview that I did not agree with these types of tax measures, in these difficult times for the country,” he commented.
Monreal will seek to prevent it
Monreal announced that, from his position, he will try to block any similar initiative. “While I am coordinator I will ask my colleagues not to act in favor of an initiative of this nature. I do not think it will succeed. I will try to prevent it from happening, although the majority of my colleagues are the ones who decide,” he said.
So far, no legislator has formally presented a proposal to tax inheritances. The discussion is closed, at least for now, within Morena.
