Fiscal evasion: a recurring crime in México

Abstract

Tax evasion as it is also known, consists in an act of concealing real amounts of income or property in order to declare less taxes to the SAT, even there are companies that for a long time work without declaring any tax. This practice brings as consequences many economic problems to a country, since this is developed with the taxes contributed by taxpayers. The objective of the investigation is to know the reasons why people do not pay taxes, and the consequences that this can cause. The SAT databases were consulted in order to obtain information that helps to know the situation that we want to study, we also collected information from authors who have specialized in the subject. The results of the search were positive, since it was possible to collect a lot of valuable information that solves the main questions. Some taxpayers believe that the reason why they do not like the payment of taxes, is because the SAT takes very drastic measures for its collection and a part of those who pay if they make their declaration, feel obligated by the government without knowing the importance who has the payment of taxes in the country.