The Direccion General de Impuestos Internos said that only 118, or 20%, of the top 592 companies have not met the second monthly payment of the new 1.5% tax on gross sales. These companies account for most of the government’s tax revenues from private business. President Mejia said earlier this week in Santaigo that only 50,000 of 300,000 companies had paid the 1.5% tax.
