While businesses often focus their compliance efforts on major legislative reforms, a recent decree issued by Mexico’s Department of Labor and Social Welfare (“STPS”) has introduced significant changes to the day-to-day administrative burden faced by employers. Through this new decree,
On September 8, 2026, Mexico’s Department of Energy (“SENER”) published in the Official Journal of the Federation a resolution amending the Guidelines for the voluntary and expedited migration from self-supply and cogeneration of electricity to the provisions set forth in
On September 8, 2026, Mexico’s Federal Executive submitted the 2027 Economic Package to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. The proposal includes amendments to the Federal Revenue Law for Fiscal Year 2027 (“2027 Revenue Law”), the Federal Tax Code (“FTC”), the
On May 8, 2026, the Mexican Department of Energy (“SENER”) published in the Official Journal of the Federation (“DOF”) the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Self-Consumption Single Window (the “VUA”), establishing an interinstitutional platform intended to consolidate various procedures
Six months have passed since the constitutional reform on the reduction of the workweek in Mexico entered into force (the “Reform”), and four months since the corresponding amendments to the Mexican Federal Labor Law were enacted. This stage provides an
Mexican politics is full of paradoxes. Morena dominates the country politically, but that strength needs to be confronted by the opposition if democracy is to deliver its best results. A party as dominant as Morena can eliminate the alternatives that
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Companies operating under Mexico’s Certified Companies Scheme, IVA and IEPS modality (“CIVA”) that did not file the notice required under Rule 7.2.1, Section X, of Mexico’s current General Rules for Foreign Trade, covering all tariff classifications for goods they
The amendments to the Traffic Regulations for Federal Jurisdiction Highways and Bridges, published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on June 9 and August 13, 2026, introduce significant changes for federal motor carriers and private transportation in Mexico:
The relationship between Mexico and the United States is unique in the world. For the time being, it is going through an unusual phase: never before has economic interdependence been so intense while political tensions have been so apparent. The
Public discussion surrounding the gradual reduction of the workweek in Mexico has overshadowed another significant development that will fundamentally change how employers manage employee attendance: the mandatory implementation of electronic timekeeping for all employees. Beginning January 1, 2027, the use
