ARTICLE 70: UPDATE OF FINES

The application of fines, for infractions of the tax provisions, will be made regardless of the payment of the respective contributions and their other accessories, as well as the penalties imposed by the judicial authorities when criminal liability is incurred.

When the fines are not paid on the date established in the tax provisions, the amount thereof shall be updated from the month in which the payment was due and until it is made, in the terms of article 17-A of this Code. (CFF: Art. 17A)

To make the payment of the amounts resulting in the terms of this article, they will be adjusted in accordance with the tenth paragraph of article 20 of this Code. (CFF: Art. 20)

The fines that this Chapter establishes in hundreds or in amounts determined between a minimum and a maximum, which must be applied to taxpayers who pay taxes under Title IV, Chapter II, Section II of the Law on Income Tax (Ley del Impuesto sobre la Renta), shall be considered reduced by 50%, unless in the precept in which they are established a minor fine is expressly indicated for these taxpayers.

When the fine applicable to the same infringed conduct, is subsequently modified by amends to the legal provision that contains it, the tax authorities will apply the fine that is lower between the one existing at the time the infraction was committed and the fine in force at the time of its imposition.

The amount of fines and amounts in national currency established in the Customs Law (Ley Aduanera) (LA: Art. 5) will be updated in accordance with the provisions established in article 17-A of this Code (CFF: Art. 17A), related to the update of amounts in national currency established in this system . (RGCE 2022: Regla 1.1.8)