The face-to-face attentions in the Service tax administration (SAT) totaled 4.9 million at the end of the first quarter of 2023, which represented an annual increase of 22.3%, according to official data.
The Tax Administration Service reported that 76,000 daily procedures were carried out in the 158 offices throughout the country during January-March, which represented an increase of 14,000 services per day compared to the same period of the previous year.
The federal tax office indicated that the above added a total of 897,000 additional attentions, reaching a new record of attentions in the first three months of the year.
The Tax Administration Service reported that of the 4.9 million attentions, 1 million 299,030 taxpayers obtained or renewed their electronic signature (e.firma) in the first quarter, which represented an annual increase of 63.5% and a record number.
The tax collection body announced that the e.signature process It was the service with the highest demand for service spaces in the first three months of the year. In addition, it specified that of the total attentions to obtain or renew the electronic signature, 73% were natural persons and 27% legal entities.
It should be remembered that in the first quarter of 2022, the SAT registered 4.01 million face-to-face visits, which meant an annual increase of 40 percent. This was a consequence of the relaxation in sanitary measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
“Thanks to the trust of taxpayers in the SAT assistance and guidance services, for carrying out procedures and compliance with tax obligations, from January 1 to April 3, 2023, an increase in collection was obtained of 96,000 million pesos with respect to the same period of the previous year”, pointed out the decentralized body.
A few days ago , the Tax Administration Service reported in a preliminary way that the tax revenue they totaled 1.22 trillion pesos during the first quarter of 2023, which meant an annual increase of 1% in real terms.
