The Puerto Rico Treasury Department collected $40 million less last month with $472.7 million in net revenue, down from the $513.5 million in net revenue in the books for the same month last year, according to figures the agency released Thursday.
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Thursday the government collected $495 million in General Fund revenue in July, the first month of the current fiscal year.
El presidente de la Unión de Operadores de Máquinas Electrónicas (UDOME), Rafael Hernández-Cañete, dijo el miércoles que ellos no son los responsables de las pérdidas de ingresos de los casinos como resultado de las máquinas tragamonedas ilegales, tal y como afirmó recientemente la Asociación de Hoteles y Turismo de Puerto Rico.
La División de Juegos de Azar de la Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico está revisando las regulaciones de los casinos en respuesta a los hoteleros que han pasado la mayor parte del último año presionando para que se modifiquen las normas con el fin de adaptarlas a las condiciones económicas actuales y proporcionar una mayor flexibilidad que, según ellos, evitaría una ola de cierres de casinos.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department reported Tuesday that net revenue General Fund collections for the month of May reached $612 million, exceeding by $15 million, or 2.6 percent, the collections on record for the same month in 2012.
Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Thursday that revenue collections so far this year — July 2012 through April 2013 — totaled $6.8 billion, or $321 million less than originally included in the general budget. The projection of a deficit through June 30, including certain transactions that will close before then, is $295 million, or 69 percent less than the original $965 million projected deficit, one of the components of the $2.2 billion structural deficit.
Puerto Rico Treasury Department officials told lawmakers Friday that collections stemming from the proposed increase in the excise tax on cigarettes and tobacco should go in their entirety to the General Fund and not distributed for other purposes, as proposed by the three measures under consideration by the Legislature.
The Puerto Rican government’s proposal to eliminate the business-to-business sales tax exemption is not a good idea and does not guarantee the $800 million in new revenue Gov. García-Padilla’s administration has predicted, because oversight and collections related to these transactions is a difficult task to achieve, Economist José J. Villamil said Thursday.
Transaction processing firm Evertec Inc. announced $27.5 million in adjusted net income, or a 37 percent year-over-year increase, for the first quarter ended March 31, during which it completed two key transactions: an initial public offering and debt refinancing in April.
Triple-S Management Corporation, a managed care company in Puerto Rico, announced Wednesday consolidated revenues of $592 million and consolidated operating income of $22.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
Puerto Rico Government Development Bank President Javier Ferrer told lawmakers Tuesday that without the necessary measures, the institution he heads will not have the capacity to float petitions by public corporations by summer.
The St. Regis Bahía Beach Resort in Río Grande, Puerto Rico’s only “AAA Five Diamond Rating” recipient, closed its second year of operations with about $30 million in revenue, representing a 10 percent year-over-year growth, hotel officials said.
Come January, when the new administration headed by Gov.-elect Alejandro García-Padilla takes over the reins of the government, it will have 90 days or so to present stateside credit agencies a “viable and concrete” plan outlining its strategy to tackle Puerto Rico’s fiscal problems, executives from the Center for the New Economy said Tuesday.
WorldNet Telecommunications recently invited business consultant Kent Billinsley, founder and president for The Revenue Growth Company, to share his knowledge, secrets and strategies on how to improve business revenue with local business leaders.
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