Cancun, QR. Hoteliers from the south of the state announced that they will be protected against the collection of environmental sanitation tax, which they qualify as imposition.
“It was a unilateral decision and without consensus imposed by the municipal president of Othón P. Blanco (Chetumal), Yensunni Martínez Hernández, to apply the collection of the Environmental Sanitation Law. To Association of Hotels and Tourist Services of the Center and South of Quintana Roo They only leave us the option of resorting to amparo to protect our constitutional rights ”, declared the president of the business organization, Bertha Medina N. de Cáceres.
The business leader explained that contrary to the previous administration that was “open to address the issue of collecting the right of environmental sanitation, on this occasion we found out that without having agreed with the hoteliers, that we are the ones who will carry out the collection work, in recent days it was proposed by the municipal president and approved by a majority, although fortunately there were council members who presented their vote against ”.
The hotel businesswoman assured that they cannot be added tax collections or unfounded rights, much less to apply to guests who “are just beginning to visit our destination, which will put us at a disadvantage compared to other regions and put the process of economic tourism recovery at risk.”
“So far we do not know how and in what way the resource that they intend to capture via that environmental law payment. On this issue, unfortunately, the authorities have not provided us with information, so we see it only as a collection claim. Whether or not there is an intention to use it for environmental improvements, we do not know ”, he added.
He argued that the municipal government requires hoteliers to be “its collection agents, so that they are the receptionists of each center of lodging those who have to explain to the guests what are the reasons why the accommodation rate will be increased for a payment of environmental sanitation rights that we do not know how it will be used ”.
Medina N of Cáceres He concluded by saying that after the hoteliers of Ohtón P. Blanco, “We are opposed to that payment and we will resort to legal instances; and in the case of Bacalar, we will maintain a similar position. No more payment of rights whose fate we do not know ”.
Antecedent
It should be remembered that in 2018, the state Congress approved the charge for environmental sanitation for the municipality of Benito Juárez (Cancun) Despite the fact that this initiative had been eliminated by the mayor, Mara Lezama Espinoza, from the initiative of Finance Law city that submitted for approval for the 2019 budget.
Thus, in 2019, every tourist who stays in a hotel in Cancún You have paid 24.8 pesos per room / night occupied during your entire stay at the destination.
This same charge applies to Solidarity and Isla Mujeres, but the proposed revenue budget for Othón P. Blanco It has yet to be approved by the state Congress so that from 2022 this charge will also begin to apply in the state capital.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx