DavidMTY
Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM
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"Vehicle" = two door pick-up, 10(+) years old, under 3250 KG capacity
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: Jim in Cancun's friend certainly sounds like he is doing what you want to do, Andy. There is basically no import tax to bring a vehicle in. I.V.A. is not technically an import tax, i.e. duty, it is a consumption tax no final consumer gets away with. For example for the 5000 you quote, the breakdown is typically like this:<p>: Transit Rights: 150 pesos
: Other Customs fees: 600 pesos
: I.V.A. on $1000 USD est: 1500 pesos
: total = 2250 pesos<p>: You must have a customs broker license to do the import. Custom's liscenses cost a lot, so self-import is not an option. So you can see the profit is the 2750 pesos to the agente aduanera. Plus a 200 pesos expedite mordida somewhere along the line to the customs agent (not a government bribe, just to the achinchicles of the customs agent and not always necessary but very common) so he gets off his butt and doesn't make you wait all day in the frustrating hot Sun at the border entry point.<p>: Finally Jim in Cancun mentions the temporary amount of time to get a tag and make the sale with the "American plated vehicle." Jim is right about that as an observation, but I should clarify that at the moment the vehicle was imported, it became Mexican,selling it at this point is a Mexican vehicle sale, as the plates lose their significance (except to avoid problems & prove you are within your time if stopped by transito) along with the vehicle with no tags. The 30 days is simply so you have time to transport the vehicle from the border to your state and make the appropriate tramites to put the new plates on the car.<p>: I won't comment on whether Jim's sharp friend has a business or not, nor whether he should be collecting IVA again upon selling the vehicle, since this is not your question and the friend hasn't had any problems. In any case, based on the corruption I have heard being done, Jim's friend probably could qualify as an angel.<p>: Best...David(MTY)<p>: : ...you don't know another way of getting the job done or you know and don't want to do it.<p>: : I have an American friend who has been importing 10-year-old pickups for years--all legal and above-board and according to the law that permits importation of certain types of 10-year-old vehicles without the payment of import taxes. I will ask him how much he pays if anything.<p>: : He brings them in and gets a 30-day hologram sticker. He sells them within 30 days with the American plates still on them and the new owner has to pay $600 pesos to get the new plates and tarjeta de circulacion.<p>: : I have one of his trucks. All legal.<p>
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