Cancun, Q.R. — The Benito Juárez Tax Control Department has collected nearly 23 million pesos this year in fines from establishments that operate without proper documentation.
Alberto Covarrubias Cortés, head of the Inspection Department, reported that more than 19,000 businesses were inspected in the first 10 months of 2024.
“The work of the inspection area is to review establishments to ensure that they have their operating license. We continue to work on regularizing those that still do not comply with this obligation,” he said.
Although the regularization period ended in March, inspections are still active. Covarrubias said that closing businesses is not the goal of municipal authorities but to ensure that they operate within regulation.
Of the total of 60,000 establishments registered in the municipality, between 20 and 30 percent have not yet renewed their license.
If a business does not have the corresponding license during an inspection, they are given a period of 10 business days to submit the documentation. Failure to do so will result in a fine and an additional 30-day period to regularize the situation before a possible permanent closure.
In the first half of the year, the Inspection Department closed 390 establishments. Fines for operating with documents range from 1,085.7 to 271,425 pesos, depending on the severity of the violation.
The amount collected this year reflects the ongoing efforts of the Benito Juárez City Council ‘s Oversight Department to keep regulations up to date and promote legality in the municipality, the official said.
