Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta released Thursday preliminary revenue numbers for December, totaling $913 million, up by $190 million, or 26 percent, compared to last year.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has referred three tax evasion cases to the Justice Department against corporations who failed to pay more than $3.6 million, Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Wednesday.
Puerto Rico government officials told investors Tuesday that the Commonwealth's Fiscal 2014 General Fund budget revenue will grow by $1.7 billion, or 17 percent, largely due to new tax measures, amendments to Law 154 and an expansion of the Sales and Use Tax (IVU, as it is known in Spanish) base.