Employment Protection Law for Baja California

In order to grant an economic benefit to the residents in the State of Baja California in case of unemployment, and promote their incorporation into a job in the formal sector of the economy in the State, the past December 23 was released the Employment Protection Law through the official gazette of Baja California.
This new [...]

OECD Reviews: The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has just performed peer reviews of 11 jurisdictions. Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Malta, Mexico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Slovak Republic were evaluated in order to determine whether their national laws allow transparency and international exchange [...]

Best Method according to the OECD

On July 22, 2010 were published the OECD Transfer Pricing Guide lines (from now on, the “Guidelines”), they are a review of the ones that were approved by the Fiscal Affairs Committee on June 27, 1995 and by the OECD Council for its release on July 13, 1995.
Among the principal changes to the Guidelines, there [...]

No Mínimum Capital for Companies

Recently, it has been published in the Official Journal of the Federation a decree by which some reforms were made to the General Law of Commercial Companies, same as stated below.
The commented law establishes the requirements that must contain the company´s charter of incorporation, however as to the present reforms, this establishes that the duration [...]

Tax Fraud

There is no taxpayer who has not ever wondered if the omission of the contributions can be considered as “tax fraud” and to whom this responsibility should be attributed.
In fact, the language of the criminal tax rules is sometimes inaccurate, leaving room for different interpretations, to be under pressure from tax authorities, causing legal uncertainty [...]

Legal holidays for financial institutions

On December 20 the National Banking and Securities Commission, in spanish Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNVB), issued in the Official Journal of the Federation, Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF) the General Provisions that indicate the days of 2012 when financial institutions subject to the CNBV, shall remain closed and suspend operations.
Article one [...]

Private Investment in Baja California

Private Investment is composed by the sum of Foreign Direct Investment and National Direct Investment that was attracted by an entity or country in a certain period of time. Baja California has always been a state known for its high rates of Foreign Direct Investment, thus would lead us to think it is due to [...]

Am I using electronic Invoice scheme correctly?

At the end of 2010 fiscal year, many contributors opted to issue digital invoices (CFD its abbreviation in Spanish) this with the finality of not to send invoices to a certification supplier to be validated. Now using the CFD the contributor can assign the number and incorporate the digital seal in each invoice, without depending [...]

New Passport Regulations

The Mexican passport is a travel document that the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores) issues to Mexican citizens to prove their nationality and identity. This document can be used to request foreign authorities to grant entrance into their countries, provide assistance and protection, and in some cases to waive the courtesies [...]

Do you count with the records of tax residence issued by the “IRS” in the United States?

When a company resident in Mexico makes operations with foreign residents which are considered for tax deductions, should revise if there is a source of wealth in the National Territory and in its case perform its corresponding income tax withholding.
If the foreigner resides in a country with which Mexico signed an International Treaty to Avoid [...]