Cozumel News April 5th 2016

Cozumel News April 5th, 2016: Ten more days to the United States IRS Tax April 15th Deadline! Daylight Savings Time in Mexico, New Environmental Measures for Mexico City, New Cozumel – Playa Del Carmen Ferry Application, and Aurita’s Corner.

taxes4Ten more days to the United States IRS Tax April 15th Deadline!

Remember Expats need to file a Tax Return under almost all circumstances. All banks worldwide are reporting U.S. Citizen holdings and accounts to the United States Government.

If you are an Ex-Pat, you have to file a tax return even if you never lived in the United States this past year, make income only in a foreign company, or earn income below the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE).

There is an excellent article on http://fascpaconsultants.com/us-expats-tax-cheat-sheet/.

 

 

TIME CHANGEDaylight Savings Time in Mexico

The clocks will change in most regions of Mexico On Sunday April 3rd, advancing one hour to mark the start of Daylight Savings Time.

Officially, the change took place at 2:00am everywhere except Sonora and Quintana Roo, which do not make the change, and the 33 municipalities along the northern border, whose clocks changed in March.

Daylight Savings Time remains in effect until the last Sunday of October for most of the country. The northern municipalities revert to standard time on the first Sunday of November.

polutionNew Environmental Measures for Mexico City

The new environmental measures in Mexico City took effect April 5th. As I understood the article, vehicles have days that they cannot be driven. The no drive schedule will affect vehicles that hologram number starts with a zero or a double zero.

To read the entire story online check out: http://www.thenews.mx/new-restrictions-on-driving-in-cdmx-to-start-on-april-5/

 

FERRY SCHEDULECozumel – Playa Del Carmen Ferry Application

A new application is available for your Android devices to provide the scheduled ferry crossings between Playa del Carmen and Cozumel. See all ferry crossing times between Cozumel and Playa del Carmen / Cozumel/ Calica with My Cozumel Ferry Schedule Application in Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
My Cozumel App allows you to:
-Download All times of the month for each of the companies offering this service.
-Filter Your query by date, or shipping route.
-Store Month schedules locally on your device to not always requires internet connection.

Cozumel, located in the State of Quintana Roo, stopped changing the clocks last year in an attempt to keep matters simple for the tourist industry.

Cozumel Events April

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Cozumel Air Show April 16 – 17

 

playa azul golfPlaya Azul Invitational April 18 – 19

 

el cedralEl Cedral Festival April 29 – May 3

 

20150803_131830AURITA’S COZUMEL CORNER

I made it through hip replacement surgery! All went well on March 15th, a mere two days in the hospital and I was released to recuperate at home with a visiting nurse and two therapists that come out during the week to get me back in shape. Modern medicine is amazing! I have had more pain in my knees and lower back these past few weeks than the actual operation. My four-week checkup is next Monday, with any luck, I hope to be heading back to Cozumel by mid-June!

I am reachable at all my telephone numbers, (Cozumel, U.S. telephone, SKYPE) email, and Facebook messages. Even though I am not on the island, everyone I know still is, so business as usual for any assistance that you may need.

 

STOP BY OUR STORE AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY!

Our New Neighborhood store Papelería & Novedades Mama Lilly is up and running. The word is getting out that our prices the lowest in town and the immediate neighborhood is thrilled to have a nearby store. We owe a fortune in merchandise and are purchasing additional supplies weekly as we discover the needs of the community.

bags2bags1I addition to school, Office, and art supplies we do copies, lamination and binding. We have gifts, gift bags and wrapping paper. We also have decorations, clothing, handbags, wallets, reading glasses, games, picture frames, and lots more. Spend your money where it will help a local family, shop with us!

Bartolo and family 12 2015The store is locally owned and ran! Please stop by and give us a try!

PAPELERÍA & NOVEDADES MAMA LILLY

Come Shop with Us!

35 Avenida Entre Calles 17 y 15 Bis

Colonia Independencia

Email: Mapapeleria@outlook.com  www.facebook.com/papeleriamamalilly/notifications/

987-120-5903 – 987-118-4453 U.S. – From U.S. 386-445-8702

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