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Economy and taxes: what each party thinks

By Fadrique Garcia Font ·

A tax on the largest fortunes, higher taxes on soft drinks and junk food, and cutting public debt even if it means spending less.

3 questions, 24 party positions and 1 complete disagreement (how they are assigned).

Further reading on this topic: «Mexico’s parties and taxes: wealth, soda taxes and public debt».

What divides the parties on this issue

Should the wealthiest pay a tax on what they own? The answer cuts across the government-opposition line. The only two parties in strong agreement are the PT and Movimiento Ciudadano, one an ally of the government and the other in opposition: the first proposed heavier levies on property in its 2024 platform, and one of its deputies brought a bill in 2026 for an annual levy of between 1.5% and 3.5% on net worth over 100 million pesos; the second wants taxes on wealth to fund a minimum income for everyone. At the other end is the PAN, whose program explicitly rejects taxes on savings, property and inheritance. Morena sits in the middle: the president said in April 2026 that the idea deserved study, but her government is not considering it and the party has no proposal. SOMOS agrees, given its call for progressive tax reform, though it never mentions a wealth tax.

Along with the debt question, it is also the shakiest in the theme: three of its eight positions are estimates. The PVEM, whose tax proposals are deductions and cuts, is shown as disagreeing; the PRI, which wants to collect far more revenue without raising income tax or VAT rates, in the middle; and PAZ, which decries wealth concentrated in few hands, in agreement. None has a document saying so.

On excise taxes the blocs do reappear. In October 2025 the three coalition groups approved, with no votes against, higher levies on sugary drinks and cigarettes for 2026; the three opposition benches voted it down. These are not new stances: in 2021 the PT's leader wanted that tax raised, while those of the PRI and Movimiento Ciudadano wanted it lowered. SOMOS, in the middle, proposes spending the revenue on health without saying whether it should rise; PAZ, in the middle by estimate, wants it to go to productive projects.

Public debt is the mildest question: no party takes an extreme position. The PAN and Movimiento Ciudadano want it reduced even if that means cutting spending; the PT would rather renegotiate it than spend less; Morena and the PRI pair fiscal discipline with promises of more spending and land in the middle. In all, seven positions here are estimated, three of them from PAZ, registered only in 2026.

Written from the documented positions of the eight parties on the questions in this issue; where part of it rests on estimated positions, that is stated. It does not include the answers of people taking the test.

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their electoral platforms, founding documents, votes in the Chamber of Deputies and public statements. The numbers refer to the questions below, each with its details and sources.

PAN

Agrees: 3

Disagrees: 1, 2

PRI

Disagrees: 2

In between: 1, 3

PVEM

Agrees: 2

Disagrees: 1

In between: 3

PT

Agrees: 1, 2

Disagrees: 3

MC

Agrees: 1, 3

Disagrees: 2

Morena

Agrees: 2

In between: 1, 3

PAZ

Agrees: 1

In between: 2, 3

SOMOS

Agrees: 1

In between: 2, 3

1. An annual tax on large fortunes should be created.

Mexico has no annual tax on people's total wealth: income tax (ISR) applies to income. In March 2026 a bill was introduced in the Chamber to tax fortunes of more than 100 million pesos.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 4 in favor, 2 in between and 2 against.

2. Taxes on soft drinks, junk food and tobacco should be raised.

The IEPS is a special tax on products such as soft drinks, high-calorie foods, tobacco and alcohol. In October 2025 the Chamber approved raising it for 2026 on soft drinks and tobacco, among others.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 3 in favor, 2 in between and 3 against.

3. The government should reduce public debt even if that forces it to spend less.

Public debt is what the federal government and its state-owned companies owe, and the interest is paid out of the budget. Reducing it means spending less, collecting more taxes or both.

Of the 8 parties with a position on this question: 2 in favor, 5 in between and 1 against.

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