El Departamento de Hacienda de Puerto Rico ha impuesto una serie de embargos a las empresas locales que no han remitido al gobierno el Impuesto sobre las Ventas y el Uso (IVU, por sus siglas en español) recaudado, ni las retenciones fiscales de sus empleados.
Across-the-board spending cuts and tax increases, until recently, were the solution to deal with Puerto Rico’s debt and deficit. Today, the question on everyone's mind should be: how can we improve living conditions and promote spending to help jumpstart our stale economy?
Recent news coverage about Puerto Rico has focused on its high public debt and imminent default while, in U.S. Congress, powerful lobbies seem to hold more sway over Puerto Rico’s future than do more than 8 million U.S. citizens.
The Puerto Rico Mexican Entrepreneurial Society, in which I participate as a board member, is a group that comprises Mexican and Puerto Ricans and epitomizes what the island’s future should be.
We’re nearing Black Friday, which means cybercriminals are lying in wait to take advantage of unwary buyers.
What is that saying? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. For over a decade the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has reached out to the bond market promising up-graded facilities, new cheaper electricity with natural gas, solar and wind. Time and time again, it didn’t happen.
As cybersecurity threats continue to increase, it’s possible that your device could be affected with a virus or malware that could extract personal or private information. You may not even know when your device is infected.
Financial inclusion is one action that can move a population out of poverty while driving economic growth that’s more inclusive, sustainable and fair.
It's ironic that on the heels of the celebration of America's greatest achievement, the month when the land of the free and the home of the brave was forever liberated from the shackles of its colonial status, we now find one of its remaining illegitimate sons, Puerto Rico, on the cusp of a similar crossroads.
Is our current political status limiting our economic potential? That was the controversial question that was asked during last year’s ALPFA Puerto Rico’s marquee event, when a panel of five senior executives from the corporate, nonprofit and entrepreneurial sectors answered questions about our island’s most pressing problem: How to stop the infamous “brain drain.” It […]
Did you know that if you turn off the tap while brushing your teeth you could save up to three gallons of water? Did you know that leaks can waste the average household 10,000 gallons of water per year?
A year ago, as Puerto Rico welcomed the signing of the Energy Transformation and Relief Act of Puerto Rico (Act 57-2014), I shared my sentiment of great enthusiasm with friends, by quoting the extraordinary anthem of the Beatles 1968 “Revolution.”
As aptly described in Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, this late genius of technological innovation was prone to deploying a “reality distortion field” to bend friends, foes and facts alike to his will.
Para 2030, se espera que más de 2000 millones de consumidores asiáticos se unan a la clase media global. En 15 años, se prevé que el mercado asiático sea seis veces mayor que el mercado estadounidense.
At the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster we believe that the potential success of the implementation of a value added tax system and how fair it could be for Puerto Ricans will depend largely on the strength of information systems that are launched to support it.
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