Legal consulting
Foreign trade companies operate under dense, technical tax and customs legislation that changes constantly. BG Consulting Group monitors compliance with those obligations and advises on business decisions with tax exposure, and when the authority issues an act, it takes on the defense of the matter from the moment of notification through to its conclusion, using the ordinary and alternative means set out in the law.
Where does your matter start?
Four questions to point you toward the right route.
What authority action are you facing?
Situations we handle
A notice from the authority just arrived
The company is served with an administrative act: a tax assessment, a fine, or the start of an administrative customs proceeding (PAMA). From that point deadlines begin to run, and each decision shapes how the matter ends.
An audit or review underway
The authority exercises its review powers over foreign trade operations: tariff classification, valuation, origin, regimes such as IMMEX. The company needs to respond with technical support before the review turns into an assessment.
A business decision with tax exposure
Changes of regime, restructurings, new cross-border operations, or shifts in the supply chain carry customs and tax effects that are better assessed before execution, not after an observation lands.
An adverse resolution to challenge
There is a final resolution the company considers unlawful or harmful to its rights, and it must decide how to contest it: administrative appeal, litigation before the court, or amparo, depending on the matter and the procedural stage.
Scope of the service
Ongoing tax and customs advisory
Monitoring of required compliance and advisory on business decisions with tax or customs effect.
Administrative appeals
Filing the revocation appeal and other administrative-level remedies against acts of the tax and customs authority.
Litigation before the Federal Court of Administrative Justice
Administrative litigation against final resolutions: tax assessments, fines, and customs determinations.
Amparo proceedings and human rights
Indirect and direct amparo when an authority act violates fundamental rights or the prior instance is exhausted.
Conclusive agreements, arbitration, and mediation
Conclusive agreements before PRODECON, international commercial arbitration, and mediation as alternatives to litigation.
Expert opinions before the courts
Expert opinions before federal courts providing the technical customs and tax support the adjudicator needs.
Benefits
Tax and customs defense, from notice to resolutionFrequently asked questions
From the notification of the administrative act, and ideally before, while the authority is exercising its review powers. Deadlines to file defense remedies begin at notification, and actions taken during the audit affect both the resolution and the later defense.
From advisory to resolution of the matter.
When the authority steps in, the matter moves through the same stages. BG handles the defense from notification of the act through to its conclusion, by whichever ordinary or alternative route fits.
Advisory and prevention
Before any act exists, monitoring compliance and advising each decision with tax or customs effect identifies the exposure. The aim is to correct the risk on your own initiative, before it turns into an assessment or a penalty.
Close to your operation, at every crossing.
Customs, compliance, legal and tax in one firm, by your side between Tijuana and San Diego. Tell us where you are and we'll see how to help.