Analysis
Mexico Import Tariffs on Chinese Goods in 2026: What Importers Should Check
Mexico changed 1,463 tariff lines in 2026. How to check the rate for a Chinese-origin product and model the effect on landed cost, VAT and cash.
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Soulbit Academy author
Erika Sandoval
Founder and CEO of Soulbit
Expert in stablecoin business payments
Erika Sandoval is Soulbit's founder and CEO. She writes about stablecoin business payments, digital treasury and crypto-fiat operations in Latin America.
From her role leading Soulbit, Erika examines how Latin American businesses can organize international collections, convert between stablecoins and local currency, manage treasury and distribute payments to teams and contractors. This operational view connects payment technology with the decisions finance teams make every day.
On LinkedIn, Erika describes a career in financial markets. Her profile also lists studies at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello between 2000 and 2005, along with financial advisory, management consulting and technology services.
View her professional profile on LinkedIn ↗B2B payments and payroll
Cross-border collections, payment links, QR codes and stablecoin payroll distribution, with attention to business operations and recipients.
Crypto-fiat treasury
Managing stablecoin balances, institutional custody, OTC conversion and access to local currency through banking rails.
Regulation and controls
Rules affecting businesses and crypto-asset service providers, transaction records and compliance controls.
Mexico Import Tariffs on Chinese Goods in 2026: What Importers Should Check
Regulation
Mexico's importer registry: requirements and grounds for suspension
A finance guide to Mexico's importer registry (padron de importadores): requirements, the SAT application, suspension grounds and cash controls for CFOs.
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Treasury
Incoterms: a guide to the 11 Incoterms 2020 rules, risk and payment timing
A CFO guide to the 11 Incoterms 2020 rules: delivery, risk and costs under each, and why payment timing and method are agreed separately in the contract.
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Analysis
The US remittance tax: the 1% levy and B2B payments from business accounts
What section 4475 says about the 1% tax, who pays, exempt funding methods, and B2B payments from covered US business accounts.
11 min read
Regulation
Colombia's Support Document: When the DIAN Requires It for Foreign Supplier Payments
A guide for finance teams that pay suppliers abroad from Colombia: who issues the support document, when, in which currency and what happens if it is missing.
10 min read
Payroll
Paid leave in Colombia after the labor reform: bereavement, medical appointments and the new causes
A guide for foreign employers with staff in Colombia: what article 57 of the labor code says after Law 2466, how bereavement leave works, who pays and what to document.
12 min read
Product
How to open a business account in stablecoins: from KYB to the first payout
The full onboarding path for a company on SoulBit Business: who takes part, what compliance reviews, how the balance is set up and what happens in the first payout.
10 min read
Treasury
Cost of goods sold for imported inventory: how to calculate it when you buy in dollars
A CFO guide to cost of goods sold when inventory is bought in dollars: landed cost components, the right exchange rate date and why the payment FX difference stays out of COGS.
11 min read
Payroll
Employer payroll taxes in Brazil: what a CLT employee really costs
A guide for foreign employers hiring in Brazil: which payroll charges apply to a CLT employee, how Simples Nacional and payroll relief change them, and a worked example.
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Use cases
Paying Developers in Colombia from Mexico: A Mexican Startup Case
An illustrative case of a Mexican startup paying five Colombian developers as contractors: ISR withholding, deductibility, social security, misclassification risk and what Soulbit V1 covers.
11 min read
Payroll
Mexico's 2026 employment subsidy: how employers apply it in payroll and income tax
A guide for foreign employers in Mexico: the UMA percentage, the income cap, how the subsidy offsets ISR, what happens to any excess and how to show it in the payroll CFDI.
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Treasury
IAS 21 and NIF B-15: how to record foreign currency transactions
A guide to the accounting standard behind foreign currency records: functional currency, initial recognition, what gets retranslated, and where IAS 21 and NIF B-15 differ.
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