Mexico’s Foreign Investment Law allows foreigners to acquire indirect title to land in the restricted zone by one of two methods; through a Mexican corporation or through a bank trust (fideicomiso).

This is a subject that everyone wants to know about and everyone wants to find a way to legally avoid. In an effort to keep you up to date, the following is the “cliff note” version of what you need to understand.

For a foreigner, buying property in Mexico is a new and different experience. Most foreigners spend time researching the procedure of buying property, setting up a trust or a corporation and becoming familiar with the different permits and costs required to close on a property transaction in Mexico.

A “pre-sale” purchase exists when a buyer enters into an agreement with a developer to purchase a unit that has not yet been built or finished…

This year, the Mexican tax authority has made some major modifications to the tax law. Furthermore two new taxes have been created and one has been revoked. The two new taxes are “IETU” or “Flat Tax on Business Operation” and “IDE” o “Tax on Cash Deposits”. This document gives brief descriptions of this year’s modifications and the new taxes.

This article intends to provide a general overview of the ejidos in Mexico and the processes to convert ejido land into sellable property, taking into consideration the most common inquiries I have been asked in working on ejido matters…

Important changes in Mexico’s tax laws were discussed at a Capital Gains tTax Seminar held on July 20th, 2007…

Recently the environmental authorities have partially released an official and general survey of all Federal Maritime Zones that border the coastal areas of this State of Guerrero…

Back in 1996, Huey Rodeheaver of St. Louis, Missouri, bumped north from the Mexican resort town of Ixtapa in a rented jeep, searching for “pretty beachfront.” He was preparing to sell his telecommunications company for a tidy sum, and wanted a second home to retire to. Puerto Vallarta was too big; Cancún, too young.

Over the years I have been contacted by many foreigners who are frustrated with the fees they have to pay to the bank acting as their trustee. Unfortunately, upon reviewing their trust agreements (escrituras) I have to inform them that when their trust was set up they agreed to pay the fees the bank charges and also authorized the bank to be able to unilaterally modify these fees.