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ARTICLE · 18 AUGUST 2026

Recent SAT Publications On Fraudulent CFDIs – Immediate Risks For Your Business

Mexico's Tax Administration Service (SAT) has intensified its use of expedited domiciliary audits to identify fraudulent digital tax invoices (CFDIs), with three publications in August 2026 alone listing companies whose invoices are deemed invalid. Businesses that received these fraudulent CFDIs face severe consequences including operational suspension, tax liability assessments, and potential criminal charges for tax fraud carrying up to nine years imprisonment. Companies must immediately review their acco

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Recent SAT Publications on Fraudulent CFDIs – Immediate Risks for Your Business Nuevos criterios para auditorías y devoluciones: mayor certidumbre fiscal para su empresa
The Tax Administration Service (SAT) continues to audit taxpayers as part of the new expedited domiciliary audit procedure, through which it can determine whether the digital tax invoices (CFDI) issued by such taxpayers are fraudulent. Note that on August 15, 2026, the SAT published the names of several taxpayers for these purposes in the Mexican Official Gazette for the third occasion, following the publications of July 10 and August 7, 2026.

As a result, all CFDIs issued by the listed companies are deemed fraudulent and have no tax effect for those who received them. This means that if your company conducted transactions with any of these taxpayers, it faces significant tax, operational, and criminal exposure.

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