What is the UMA and how does it impact fines and taxes in Mexico in 2025?

By Liz Padilla, CNN en Español In Mexico, there is an economic value that serves as a measure or economic reference for the payment of obligations and rights established in Mexican laws, the Measurement and Update Unit (UMA). The UMA was created in 2016 to replace the minimum wage as a reference in the calculation of legal obligations, fines or taxes, and thus prevent increases in the minimum wage from generating increases in all amounts that we…

The fines, the verification and the violations will be more onerous this 2025. As every year, once the data of the annual inflation of December was made known, the economic reference in pesos that determines the payment of the obligations in Mexico was adjusted.

The new daily value of the Measurement and Update Unit (UMA) in Mexico rose to 113.14 pesos and will take effect from February 2025, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). The UMA is the economic reference in pesos to determine the amount of payment of the obligations and assumptions provided for in federal laws, of the federative entities, as well as in the legal provisions emanating from all previous ones. Inegi e…

The value of the Measurement and Update Unit (UMA) 2025, which is used to fix transit fines, will be 113.14 pesos per day, since the 108.57 pesos of 2024, according to Inegi data published on Thursday, January 9. It is an increase of 4.21 percent per year, taking as a reference the level with which it closed the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) last year, that is, in 2024. “The UMA is the unit of account, index, base, measure or economic ref…

In February, the costs of fines in Puebla will increase due to the update of the Measurement and Update Unit (UMA). If you drive with distractions, speeding or misusing parking meters, get ready to pay more. UMA Adjustment: An Increase in Fines The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) announced an increase of 4.21% in the UMA compared to 2024. As of February 1, 2025, the daily value of the UMA will be 113.14 pesos, that is, 4.5…

On Thursday, January 9, 2025, the increase in the Measurement and Update Unit (UMA) became a trend in social networks, however, several doubts arose about it, such as what the UMA is and why it is important for Mexicans? Although you don’t believe it, this adjustment, announced by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), impacts various economic and legal aspects of Mexico. Here at PLAYERS of life we explain everything you nee…