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The logo of the Mexican Review of Public Finance and Tax Law is inspired in images contained in the Tribute Roll of the Codex Mendoza. The Codex Men- doza is a manuscript which was written during the Vicerroyalty of Don Antonio de Mendoza in the Nueva España (1535-1550) by Native American artists. The Codex was set up to gather information about the history, social organization and economy of the Aztec empire before the arrival of the Spaniards. The Tribute Roll set the exact tax burden for the conquered cities.

In the Codex we can observe an image which repeats itself with certain varia- tions and represents public buildings, temples or shrines. We highlight the repre- sentation of the Calmecac and the Calpixcacalli. The first of them was the place where priests, government officials, elite soldiers, judges and teachers were edu- cated; role played nowadays by modern universities. The Calpixcacalli or “House for Public Works” where tax collectors assembled to await the command of the ruler and to administer his estate. According to Sahagún, “It is where the property of the ruler of the city was guarded”, what today would be the tax administration and more generally, the Ministry of the Treasury.