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The Proposed $1MXN per Liter Soft Drink Tax

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Post by CheenaGringo Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:54 pm

Apparently, El Presidente wants to impose a $1MXN per liter soft drink tax. Needless to say it is quite controversial and the Mexican Soft Drink Industry is pulling out all stops to defeat the concept:
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/10/20904025-new-york-mayor-bloomberg-gets-caught-up-in-mexico-soda-tax-fight?lite

Interesting that New York City Mayor Bloomberg has been dragged into the battle.

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Post by Lady Otter Latté Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:45 pm

Thank you for sharing this, Cheena. Forty-three GALLONS of soft drinks a year per average Mexican? That is a LOT of sugar. No wonder the diabetes rate is so high here.
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Post by Zedinmexico Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:35 am

For more successful areas the car/truck has done damage from the Mexicans walking less. Add that to
the refrescos problem.  Making water available more like NOB might help.

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Post by sundown Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:39 am

This is about confiscation of money, not another attempt by Gov't
to control a person's right to make their own decisions about what they wish to do with their own body.

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Post by otrocanuck Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:22 am

I wonder how this will be implemented in regards to soft drink dispensers like the bars, restaurants use, and Soda Stream systems???
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Post by David Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:34 am

The tanks of fluid they buy will be taxed.
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Post by sparks Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:14 am

Probably tax the producers/distributors and they'll pass it on. You'd never get it out of the local abarrote
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Post by CanuckBob Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:17 am

Absolutely, they will tax the producers and let them pass on the increase just like with tobacco.
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Post by CheenaGringo Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:23 am

Speaking of tobacco, there is another proposed new tax of $11MXN per pack on cigarettes.

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Post by CanuckBob Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:13 am

Not surprising. Mexico will keep applying the "sin" taxes on tobacco, liquor and fuel like they do NOB. Unfortunately, it will start to affect their tourism a bit as IMO, one of the lures to Mexico for Canadians has always been the cheap booze and smokes among other things.
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Post by CheenaGringo Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:23 am

Thanks for clarifying the priority wants, needs and requirements of the Canadians!!!

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Post by CanuckBob Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:26 am

Cheap booze is high on the list........jajaja.
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Post by slainte39 Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:32 am

sundown wrote:This is about confiscation of money, not another attempt by Gov't
to control a person's right to make their own decisions about what they wish to do with their own body.
Cheap booze?....wait a minute.   Very Happy 
Here is what it's about and what it's NOT about.    scratch

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Post by viajero Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:09 am

CanuckBob wrote:  one of the lures to Mexico for Canadians has always been the cheap booze and smokes among other things.
That doesn't surprise me at all.

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Post by CanuckBob Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:12 am

Of course not, you aren't from Texas or Kentucky are ya???
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Post by viajero Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:16 am

CanuckBob wrote:Of course not, you aren't from Texas or Kentucky are ya???
Hell no,I'm from California.

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Post by Zedinmexico Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:24 pm

For the folks who don't know. Canadians pay an obscene amount of sin taxes. A carton of smokes requires a mortgage.

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Post by CanuckBob Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:15 pm

Yep, smokes are damn near $12 per pack in BC now and liquor is about a $1 per ounce (IE 26 ounce bottle of rum is about $26) so at this moment the same items are about 1/3 of the price here. The savings almost pays for your Mexican vacation.....jajaja.
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Post by Pedro Fri Oct 11, 2013 2:14 pm

my excellent tequila reposada,1.75 liter is a mere 109pesos
sauza blanco in alberta is $35 cdn. nobody even buys that swill here do they, at about $50pesos?
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