1. Localizations for Mexico Implementation Guide
  2. Naming Conventions for the Chart of Accounts XML File

Naming Conventions for the Chart of Accounts XML File

You must manually rename the XML file that the system generates to meet the naming conventions requirements that the fiscal authority sets, before you submit it. For the Chart of Accounts XML file, the name contains:

  • The 12 or 13 characters for the Taxpayers Federal Register (RFC - Registro Federal de Contribuyentes) number of your company

  • The year (four digits) and the month (two digits) when you submit the file

  • XML type identification: Use CT for the Catalogo

  • Extension XML (.xml)

For example, if the RFC number of your company is 888888888888 and you are submitting a Chart of Accounts XML file for July of 2015, the name of the file should be 888888888888201507CT.XML.

Ensure that both the XML file generated and the compressed ZIP file that you submit, comply with the naming convention requirements.