The U.S. Department of Treasury has yet to issue a decision on whether foreign companies doing business in Puerto Rico will be allowed to take a credit for the excise tax imposed through Law 154, which goes into effect this month.
After two years of staying away from such transactions, the Commonwealth is considering a sale of general obligation bonds sometime in 2011 to finance infrastructure projects, Government Development Bank President Carlos García said Tuesday. While the government official did not say when the sale would take place or how much the agency is looking to […]
In a last-ditch effort to raise cash this year, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority announced it will be selling $500 million in taxable Build America Bonds before the program’s Dec. 31 deadline to save $130.8 million over tax-exempt borrowing, company officials said Thursday. The rush move responds to the agency’s interest in saving 35 […]