Jurisdictions for Mexico

A jurisdiction represents a physical territory, such as a country or state where a particular piece of legislation applies. All legal entities are registered against a jurisdiction that's governed by a legal authority.

A legal jurisdiction is a combination of the legislative category (such as labor law or income tax law) and the physical territory (such as a country or a state) to which legal rules are grounded.

You need to set up jurisdictions before you create registrations, because a jurisdiction is required in the registration process. The jurisdiction has a start date and end date to show when the jurisdiction is effective and when you can register against the jurisdiction.

A tax jurisdiction is a geographic area where a tax is levied by a specific tax authority. You must set up at least one tax jurisdiction for a tax before you can make the tax available for payroll transactions.

Identifying Jurisdiction

The identifying jurisdiction is usually the first jurisdiction that the legal entity must register to be recognized in its territory. The registration to the identifying jurisdiction of the legal entity territory is called the identifying registration. This table specifies the jurisdictions that have been identified for Mexico.

Jurisdiction	Territory	Legislative Category	Registration Code	Purpose
Mexico Federal Tax	Mexico	Federal Tax	Federal Taxpayers Registry (RFC)	Federal Tax
State Income Tax	State	Income Tax	RFC	Income Tax
Mexico Social Insurance	Mexico	Social Insurance	Social Insurance Number	Social Insurance

Note: State Income Tax uses the same registration number as Federal Tax. The Mexico Federal Tax jurisdiction is the only predefined jurisdiction.