The past December 17^th, it was approved to increase a 16.21% the Minimum wage general salary from $88.36 to $102.68 pesos as of January 1^st 2019, the Nacional Minimum Wage Salary Commission “CONASAMI” determined to create a New Salary Economic zone in the municipalities located within the immediate 25 kilometers to the North border in which there will be a minimum general salary border of $176.72.

Following are the states and municipalities that conform the border zone:

Baja California	Sonora	Chihuahua	Coahuila de Zaragoza	Nuevo León	Tamaulipas
Ensenada	San Luis Río Colorado	Janos	Ocampo	Anáhuac	Nuevo Laredo
Playas de Rosarito	Puerto Peñasco	Ascencio	Acuña		Guerrero
Tijuana	General Plutarco Elías Calles	Juárez	Zaragoza		Mier
Tecate	Caborca	Práxedis G. Guerrero	Jiménez		Miguel Alemán
Mexicali	Altar	Guadalupe	Piedras  Negras		Camargo
	Sáric	Coyame del Sotol	Nava		Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
	Nogales	Ojinaga	Guerrero		Reynoso
	Santa Cruz	Manuel Benavides	Hidalgo		Río Bravo
	Cananea				Valle Hermoso
	Naco				Matamoros
	Agua Prieta

Additional to this increase in the border zone,the intention is to reduce the VAT from 16% to 8% and the Income Tax to 20% in order to have good welfare to employees and their families.

We suggest making a review from your salary tabulator in order to see if you are being affected by this situation.