The federal government added Yucatán to its Development Poles for Well-being (Podebis) program of the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) , with the aim of attracting investment and enhancing the productive capacities of said region, boosting its economic competitiveness, the development and well-being of its inhabitants.
Therefore, it launched the Progreso I and Mérida I hubs, areas in which tax benefits and administrative facilities will be granted to taxpayers who carry out productive economic activities there.
According to the decree published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) , the activities that will be carried out at these sites will be:
- Electrical and electronic.
- Semiconductors.
- Automotive (electromobility).
- Auto parts and transportation equipment.
- Medical devices.
- Pharmacist.
- Agroindustry.
- Electrical energy generation and distribution equipment (clean energy).
- Machinery and equipment.
- Technology of the information and communication.
- Metals and petrochemistry.
While the fiscal incentives for companies that establish themselves in these poles will be the same as those revealed in the first announcement of Development Poles, such as the total exemption from the Income Tax (ISR) during the first three years, as well as the Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first four years.
In addition to accelerated depreciation during the first six years , that is, a scheme that allows entrepreneurs to recover the original investment of fixed and deferred assets, via tax, through a higher percentage in the first years after the acquisition.
“To maintain the tax benefits, taxpayers must present, to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, progress in the investment project issued by the competent authority of Yucatán, and comply with the minimum employment levels,” he specified.
The government of Yucatán reported that state benefits range from the schedular tax on obtaining income from business activities, the first four years at 100% and subsequent years at 50%, tax on expenditures for remuneration for personal work, updating and its accessories, the first four years at 100% and the following at 50 percent.
Likewise, the additional tax for the execution of material works and 100% social assistance , fees for the services of the Public Registry of Property and Commerce, Directorate of the Cadastre, Secretariat of Sustainable Development, Secretariat of Health and State Coordination of Civil Protection , all 100%, which will be applicable for six years with the possibility of being extended for up to eight more years.
The Progreso I Pole is located at kilometer 24.5 of the Mérida-Progreso highway , in the municipality of Progreso, owned by the government of Yucatán with 223 hectares, who will also donate 110 hectares to the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) for development. of a multimodal park of the Mayan Train .
As for Mérida 1, it is located next to the Yucatán Scientific and Technological Park, in the municipality of Mérida, with an area of 60 hectares.
These two poles join Coatzacoalcos I, Coatzacoalcos II, Texistepec, Salina Cruz, the first package that has already been awarded. These are the companies:
It should be noted that the San Juan Evangelista building was once again put out to tender, with Profharmax being the winner in conjunction with ABCD Arquitectura.
For the Ciudad Ixtepec, Santa María Mixtequilla, Matías Romero Avendaño Poles, they were:
While Asunción Ixtaltepec continues its bidding process and the winner will be announced on July 30.
Remember that the latter belong to the package of 10 announced by the federal government, of which nine were put out to tender, so far the Jaltipan one has not been launched.
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