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Mexico and United States Renew Qualified Maquiladora Approach Agreement

29 July 2024

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Mexico-United States

According to an update from the Mexican Tax Administration (SAT), the SAT and the U.S. IRS have renewed for the second time the Qualified Maquiladora Approach Agreement (QMA). The QMA was originally agreed to by the two authorities in 2016, updating and expanding an earlier agreement reached in 1999. The 2016 QMA was previously renewed in 2020. The QMA allows a U.S. taxpayer to avoid double taxation on the contract manufacturing and assembly functions performed by its maquiladora if the Mexican taxpayer enters into a unilateral advance pricing agreement (APA) with the Large Taxpayer Division of the SAT under terms...