Very little statistical research has been done on the overall burden of taxation in
Mexico. This article presents estimates by family income class of effective
Mexican tax rates in 1975 at the federal and overall levels. Even after adjusting
for different
income
bases
and shifting assumptions,
what
emerges
is an
essentially proportional tax incidence pattern.
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