hi....
The amount is 75.00 US per person in the vehicle, like the poster said, but there is exceptions ....
Personal items are like I said is 75, but if you have fm 2 or 3, it is a higher amount!
But, if anything is construction material, or what they feel is, there is no exemption, full 16% tax.
No need to worry, really about how to say it in Spanish, as I don't know either, they, the mex border inspectors, will figure your tax.
Now, some mex entry points have a nothing to declare lane, and you may or may not get the red light.
I, always if I'm in the legal limits, for what I have, just go thru the nothing to declare lane.
If I get the red light, I show the receipts, and if in their limits for tax, they just let us go!
Not worth the over $1000 amount, as you have to park on US side and walk across and get an importer, at 25% tax.
If you get the green light, and go on, down the line you could be stopped by whatever office does the taxing and get inspected.
This happened to me on the new coast hyway from the south Yuma area entry at that military check point by that mex office, don't know name, and he asked for receipts for what I had or, a tax stamp!
Thats why I always demanded a stamped receipt at the border from the tax collector! At times they would not give me a stamped receipt! They would just pocket the money!
I always stranded my ground except one time at that border that would not give ne one...then that one time a big old mex border guard with hand on his gun, said I don't need it and demanded I go! I had no choise but to hope they did not inspect my construction material at that first military check point for tax paid!
I have at times been over the limit and not the declared lane, and yup, got the red light! They just looked at my receipts and gave me the 16% tax amount over the 75 dollar amount!
I stopped doing that, as I was lucky for they could of gave me the fine and I think
then the tax would be 35% or whatever the increase fine is!
Ooops went on to long!
The man