Mexico raises 2012 daily Minimum Wage 4.2%
Mexico will raise the minimum daily wage an average of 4.2 percent next year. Minimum wages in Mexico’s three geographic zones will be raised on Jan. 1, 2012, the National Minimum Wage Commission stated.
The minimum wage in Zone A, which includes Mexico City and several cities on the U.S. border including Tijuana, Mexicali, Tecate and Ensenada, will increase to 62.33 pesos a day. In Zone B, wages will rise to 60.57 pesos daily. This zone includes some of Mexico’s largest cities such as Monterrey and Guadalajara. Wages in Zone C, which applies to the majority of cities, will increase to 59.08 pesos a day.
We recommend set the updates in your payroll system to adjust the New Minimum Wage as of Jan. 1, 2012 and consider it for all provisions where minimum wage is computed.
Contact:
Elisa Ibáñez
Human Capital Taxation
eibanez@mmc-mx.com
+52(664)972-9072
Frequent errors made in calculating Social Security and Housing Fund Taxes
Certainly, these common errors have been changing and diminishing since the beginning of the mandatory audits (2003-2004) to these days.
We made a summary of the most frequent errors lately detected in our audits and current reviews as follows:
There is not an automatic payroll system in the marketplace. Although there are very good and friendly payroll systems, they all should be properly fed in order to avoid errors. Is not uncommon, when we found involuntary mistakes that clients reply is: “I thought the system automatically will change the minimum salary there” as an example. Fortunately, there are ways to avoid them.
In the last few years, the addition of different shifts in companies created confusion in the computing of the employees’ overtime, vacations and hourly benefits. We have noticed that although there are very common less than 8 hours a day shifts, the compensations are computed with 8 hours a day basis. These errors are not carrying out differences of contributions to the social security, but may lead to labor problems with employees, such they are somehow underpaid.
Nevertheless all middle size and big companies are currently making reconciliations between Payroll system, SUA and IMSS databases; there are still some errors in names and social security numbers that are not being properly amended.
The lean of administrative structure in companies is now visible. In the last few years of recession, austerity was a trend and some finance and HR departments were cut down. Now we are seeing some negative consequences such as lack of internal control in payroll process and errors in tax and contributions payments in general.
Now, the Housing Fund authorities (INFONAVIT) are being more aggressive with Housing Fund mortgage withholdings, and collecting all differences to the employers who are jointly responsible. Keep in mind that nearly half of employees now, have a credit.
The good news is that all errors named before could be not only corrected, but prevented, and as your advisors, we can help you. There are some easy ways to improve your internal control and minimize involuntary mistakes such as:
Have your variable entries in payroll reviewed either internally or externally.
Have your withholdings of Housing Fund loan payments properly reviewed and reconciled every two months.
Have your records in payroll system, SUA and IMSS reconciled and follow up with any inconsistence.
Remember that if there are different shifts in your company, hourly compensations and benefits should be computed accordingly.
Your lean team can be strong if they are continuously trained and educated and there is a sound internal control.
Do not wait until the end of the year or to the final audit to have your contributions proved.
We will be more than glad to assist you in any of these issues, please contact us.
Best regards,
Contacts:
Elisa Ibanez
Human Capital Taxation Partner
elisa.ibanez@monroycp.com
011-52-664-972-9072 ext. 105
Guillermo Gomez
Tax Partner
guillermo.gomez@monroycp.com
011-52-664-972-9072 ext. 104
Mauricio Monroy
Tax and Managing Partner
mauricio.monroy@monroycp.com
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