Mexico says bankrupt airline Interjet owes $1.5 bln in tax

An Interjet aeroplane sits on the tarmac at Benito Juarez worldwide airport in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico, November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

MEXICO CITY, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Mexican airline Interjet, which was declared bankrupt by a choose final week, owes round $1.5 billion in again taxes, the top of Mexico’s tax administration service stated Tuesday.

Interjet stopped flying on the finish of 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic tanked journey demand and dealt a essential blow to the corporate’s already-battered funds.

Since then, it has obtained complaints from prospects who had flights canceled and from its union, which alleges workers went months with out pay earlier than Interjet went offline. learn extra

Nonetheless, the tax authority, SAT, is its largest creditor.

“The full quantity (of debt owed) to SAT in the meanwhile is roughly 30 billion mexican pesos ($1.5 billion),” stated its chief, Raquel Buenrostro, at a convention.

Buenrostro added that the airline might cut back that whole by 19 billion pesos if it presents sure tax documentation.

Interjet has round six months to achieve an settlement with collectors as a part of its chapter course of, judicial paperwork confirmed final week.

($1 = 20.1313 Mexican pesos)

($1 = 20.1290 Mexican pesos)

Reporting by Adriana Barrera; Writing by Diego Ore; Modifying by Stephen Coates

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