The Tax Administration Service (SAT) has postponed the mandatory issuance of the electronic payroll invoice version 4.0 to April 2023. The change was originally scheduled for Jan. 1, 2022.
Taxpayers obliged to issue payroll-type receipts, “will have the option to do so in the 3.3 version until March 31, 2023, so that during said period they can comply with all tax requirements for the issuance of the 4.0 CFDI version,” said SAT in a statement released on Nov. 1.
The tax authority also extended to the same date the period to obtain the electronic signature without it meaning a breach of tax provisions.
The extension, however, only applies to those who issue payroll receipts, since all other types of Digital Tax Receipt (CFDI), such as utility bills or lease receipts, still have Jan. 1, 2023 as a deadline for compliance.
As part of the 2022 tax reform, SAT announced in 2021 the replacement of the 3.3 (CFDI) with the latest version 4.0. The update requires new mandatory data for the recipient of the payroll-invoice, such as Federal Taxpayer Registration, RFC, full name, and postal code of the employee’s tax address. If such data is not included, the pay-roll receipt will not be tax deductible and therefore, employers will be directly affected, said the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants.
For this reason, many employees not aware of their updated tax information, have requested from SAT their Proof of Tax Status (Constancia de Situación Fiscal) to hand it over to their employers, as this document contains the identification data required for the CFDI 4.0.
The CFDI 4.0 came into force in January 2022. However, at the time, the Taxpayer Defense Attorney’s Office (Prodecon) and the National Employers Federation (Coparmex) insisted on the need to extend the CFDI 4.0’s familiarization period before making its use mandatory.
Since then, SAT has postponed the deadline four times: the first time it was extended to May. The second one, to July. The third one, to Jan. 2023, and the last and current one, to April 2023.
