Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, August 28, 2026 – Puerto Vallarta has collected 897 million pesos in locally generated revenue this year, leaving a 103-million-peso difference against the roughly one-billion-peso target cited by municipal treasurer Hugo Alberto Robles Cibrián.
That puts collections at 89.7 percent of the rounded goal after nearly eight months. Robles said revenue is higher than last year but remains below the municipality’s projection.
The formal municipal budget produces a smaller gap.
Puerto Vallarta’s official 2026 income calendar scheduled approximately 937.17 million pesos in locally generated revenue from January through August. Measured against that figure, the difference is about 40.17 million pesos, or 4.3 percent.
The 897-million-peso update was also released before August had closed, while the budget calendar includes the entire month.
The full-year local-revenue budget is approximately 1.234 billion pesos. It includes taxes, municipal rights and fees, land-use contributions, products, fines and other locally collected income. The 897 million received so far represents 72.7 percent of that annual amount, leaving approximately 336.95 million pesos scheduled during the remainder of 2026.
The city’s complete budget, including federal and state revenue-sharing payments, is approximately 3.102 billion pesos. The 103-million-peso difference cited against the rounded one-billion target is equal to about 3.3 percent of that total.
Property tax is running ahead of its budget line
The 897-million-peso figure cannot be divided only between property tax and commercial licenses. It represents the broader local-revenue pool, which also receives money from property transfers, construction taxes and permits, garbage-related fees, cadastral services, fines and other municipal charges.
The formal budget assigned 385.57 million pesos to property tax during all of 2026. By late June, the municipality had already collected approximately 424 million pesos from 76,539 property accounts.
That placed property-tax revenue about 38.43 million pesos above its full-year budget line with six months remaining. Against the legally approved budget, property tax is not producing the current revenue deficit.
Licenses and permits tied to business activities have an annual budget line of 67.93 million pesos. The municipal calendar expected 48.11 million pesos from that category by the end of August.
Robles did not provide a license-only collection amount in his latest update. The exact commercial-license shortfall therefore cannot be calculated from the reported figures. Licenses alone could not explain a 103-million-peso gap because their entire scheduled contribution through August was less than half that amount.
Cash pressure reaches garbage equipment and city fuel
The size of the reported shortfall closely matches a financing proposal City Hall discussed in July.
PVDN previously reported that the municipality considered pulling forward as much as 100 million pesos in future federal and state revenue-sharing payments. The money was discussed in connection with year-end labor benefits, fuel used across municipal operations, and equipment supporting garbage collection.
About 25 million pesos was expected to purchase 25 garbage-truck chassis. The proposed advance stalled before reaching a formal council vote.
Those planned uses provide the clearest indication of where the municipality was experiencing cash pressure. Garbage collection has required additional workers, vehicles and fuel since City Hall resumed direct control of the service in April.
The municipal expenditure calendar also assigns 104.33 million pesos to public investment, including 77.3 million pesos to transportation-route construction. The rounded 103-million-peso revenue gap is nearly equal to the entire public-investment allocation and about one-third larger than the road-construction line.
That comparison shows the scale of the gap. It does not mean those projects have been canceled or reduced, and the municipality has not assigned the revenue difference to a specific budget cut.
Robles said a 90 percent discount on municipal surcharges remains available under a council agreement linked to a state decree. Payments can be completed through the municipal payment portal or at City Hall, UMA, UNIRSE and municipal offices in El Pitillal, Ixtapa, Las Juntas and Las Palmas.
