Interjet: Alemán Velasco and Magnani were ordered to pay more than 600 million pesos

This Wednesday, March 16, the Federal Court of Justice and Administration (TFJA) condemned former Interjet managers, Miguel Alemán Velasco and Miguel Alemán Magnani, to pay 689.3 million pesos for taxes withheld and not paid by the Mexican airline during the fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

The Plenary of the Superior Chamber of the Court ruled that former airline managers are jointly responsible for withholding income taxes (ISR) and value added (VAT) between 2018 and 2019, which was previously challenged by businessmen arguing that the rules that made them jointly responsible entered into in force until 2020.

However, with seven votes in favour and two against, the Court ruled as unfounded the grounds for inappropriateness raised in the trials and condemned the former managers to pay the taxes claimed by the Tax Administration Service (SAT).

It should be recalled that, in April 2020, the fiscal authority of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) determined that Alemán Velasco, who served as chairman of the Interjet board of directors, was the solidary responsible for complying with withholding taxes along with his 55-year-old son, who is on the run from the justice since July 2020 after being charged with the crime of tax fraud.

According to Judge Juan Manuel Jiménez Illescas, Interjet withheld taxpayers' money, but did not know them. “If you had or have in your possession money that does not belong to you, which you should have known to the State, here is an express acknowledgment,” said the member of the TFJA upper chamber.

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