Has anyone bought a vehicle in recently (6 month )

[telcoman]

Apparently there are some new rules re - the deposit. Has anyone crossed recently who can enlighten? What about the 10 year permit for RV's?

[kazslo]

Vehículos - Nuevas disposiciones para tramitar el permiso de importación temporal de vehículos

Overview, Effective since June 11, 2011

-Cost of permission is $44 USD + Tax
-Deposit, irregardless of payment method, is now:
2007 and newer - $400 USD
2001 through 2006 - $300 USD
2000 and older - $200 USD

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By the way, in the next few days, the law is expected to change in regard to permanent importations. Will update if I learn more.

[HolyMole]

Originally Posted by kazslo

Vehículos - Nuevas disposiciones para tramitar el permiso de importación temporal de vehículos

Overview, Effective since June 11, 2011

-Cost of permission is $44 USD + Tax
-Deposit, irregardless of payment method, is now:
2007 and newer - $400 USD
2001 through 2006 - $300 USD
2000 and older - $200 USD

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By the way, in the next few days, the law is expected to change in regard to permanent importations. Will update if I learn more.

Just got this link on the same subject. Hope it works (the link, that is)

Mexico News Headlines

[dongringo]

If that applies to normal tourists, they might as well have narcos manning the Mexican border.

[HolyMole]

Originally Posted by dongringo

If that applies to normal tourists, they might as well have narcos manning the Mexican border.

I guess I'm a tad slow. Can you explain?

[bynx1976]

Originally Posted by telcoman

Apparently there are some new rules re - the deposit. Has anyone crossed recently who can enlighten? What about the 10 year permit for RV's?

10 year permit for RV's seems to be up to Customs officers. I've had my travel trailer in Mexico for past 9 months and on 3 occasions have been only able to get 180 day permission. Due back at border Thursday to try again.

[conklinwh]

I guess we lucked out coming in 7 June versus 11 June or later. Banjercito is going to sit on a pile of money that they automatically collect if the car doesn't leave on time. Pretty straight forward, other than having to eat credit charge, for FMM's as both have 180 day limit. However no inmigrante or inmigrante are more interesting since the car doesn't have to be removed when visa renewed. What happens with this change is that when these visas renewed, you have 15 days to notify Aduano in D.F. of the renewal or the deposit is forfeit.
Not sure if this a change or not but if you have the right to work in Mexico while on no inmigrante you can have a foreign plated vehicle but if you have right to work with inmigrante, you are not allowed to have a foreign plated vehicle.
Thanks for the notice!

[kazslo]

Effective July 1, 2011

The laws for importing a vehicle permanently have undergone some serious changes, here are the new requirements/costs:

• VIN showing it originated in Canada, Mexico, or USA.
• CLEAN title (no salvage, flood, offroad, etc) with a carfax run to show its not stolen.
• Import Tax (Arancel) based on year:
  --2002-2003: 10% of its value, 1% for those in the northern region
  --2004+ : Not able to import this year
  --2001 and older: 50% of its value, 10% for those in the northern region
• PLUS IVA (I believe 16%)
• PLUS other minor fees and custom agency fees

The biggest move is that the new law ended all of the previous amparos that kept the prices of 2000 and older vehicles reasonable. The industry is currently fighting to regain those discounts.

The mystery still here is that they were supposed to publish new values of the vehicles today, but that didn't happen. The biggest complaint is that the values the Aduana bases the tax off of are huge in comparison to what the vehicle is really worth, so the hope is that the new values will be more reasonable and therefore seriously drop the cost to import. As it stands now, importing a 2001 and older vehicle is horrible deal.

The only way around the Arancel is to provide a NAFTA certificate of origin provided by the manufacturer stating that 62.5% of the parts are from a NAFTA country. Otherwise, the certificate of origin can be filled out by the importer, but it has to be supported by a document signed/certified by the manufacturer. The title is NOT the certificate of origin. If you have that certificate for a 2003 and older vehicle, you only pay IVA+fees, 0% arancel based on the value.

In November, the years to import will change. I believe it will move to 2004-2003 10%, 2002 & older 50%.

[Ulev]

Originally Posted by kazslo

Effective July 1, 2011

The laws for importing a vehicle permanently have undergone some serious changes, here are the new requirements/costs:
[*]VIN showing it originated in Canada, Mexico, or USA.[*]CLEAN title (no salvage, flood, offroad, etc) with a carfax run to show its not stolen.[*]Import Tax (Arancel) based on year:
--2002-2003: 10% of its value, 1% for those in the northern region
--2004+ : Not able to import this year
--2001 and older: 50% of its value, 10% for those in the northern region[*]PLUS IVA (I believe 16%)[*]PLUS other minor fees and custom agency fees


The biggest move is that the new law ended all of the previous amparos that kept the prices of 2000 and older vehicles reasonable. The industry is currently fighting to regain those discounts.

The mystery still here is that they were supposed to publish new values of the vehicles today, but that didn't happen. The biggest complaint is that the values the Aduana bases the tax off of are huge in comparison to what the vehicle is really worth, so the hope is that the new values will be more reasonable and therefore seriously drop the cost to import. As it stands now, importing a 2001 and older vehicle is horrible deal.

The only way around the Arancel is to provide a NAFTA certificate of origin provided by the manufacturer stating that 62.5% of the parts are from a NAFTA country. Otherwise, the certificate of origin can be filled out by the importer, but it has to be supported by a document signed/certified by the manufacturer. The title is NOT the certificate of origin. If you have that certificate for a 2003 and older vehicle, you only pay IVA+fees, 0% arancel based on the value.

In November, the years to import will change. I believe it will move to 2004-2003 10%, 2002 & older 50%.

Thanks for the new info.
I am informed that the Baja peninsula is considered a 'duty free' zone and as
Such has no import duties ???
My vehicle is a 2002 model, I would therefore only pay 10% of it's value but after November 50% !?!?!?
it is Mexico....but that does sound ridiculous ....
Any further info would be appreciated.

[HolyMole]

Originally Posted by kazslo

Vehículos - Nuevas disposiciones para tramitar el permiso de importación temporal de vehículos

Overview, Effective since June 11, 2011

-Cost of permission is $44 USD + Tax
-Deposit, irregardless of payment method, is now:
2007 and newer - $400 USD
2001 through 2006 - $300 USD
2000 and older - $200 USD

========
By the way, in the next few days, the law is expected to change in regard to permanent importations. Will update if I learn more.

Can anyone confirm how the new importation regulations affect someone simply bringing their car into Mexico as a "normal" 180 day tourist?
Other than the apparent increase in the fee to $44 USD, (I paid 450 pesos last October) and the (for me) $300 deposit, has anything else changed?
Can I still show up at the border crossing/customs stop with the same documentation, (vehicle registration, driver's license, passport and tourist card), and pay that $44 fee in cash or by credit card, and the deposit by either cash or credit card? I won't need any other documentation, and as long as I return the vehicle within the 180 days, I'll get either a cash refund of the deposit or a credit against my credit card?