The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has asked its federal counterpart to clarify whether a new regulation under consideration concerning credits granted for taxes paid by corporations doing business abroad would apply to Puerto Rico. In a letter sent to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the local government asked for the proposed “Guidance Related to the […]
The government of Puerto Rico will establish work groups comprising local and federal officials, as well as private-sector executives, to brainstorm on potential alternatives to offset the loss of federal credits granted for taxes paid by manufacturing companies under the Commonwealth’s Law 154. The tax credits, which will be phased out by the U.S. Department […]
With a little more than two months left to this administration’s four-year term, Treasury Secretary Juan Zaragoza said there are projects he would have liked to have seen through, including a reclassification of agency employees to improve their salaries.
The government of Puerto Rico is counting on the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico to fight for the permanence of Law 154, passed in October 2010 as an amendment to Puerto Rico’s Internal Revenue Code that places an excise tax on sales generated by local subsidiaries to their international parent companies.
Puerto Rico Treasury Department collections totaled $665 million in January, a 9 percent, or $67 million, drop from what the government reported during the same month last year, agency Secretary Melba Acosta said Tuesday.
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla’s economic team is working on patching things up with pharmaceutical companies doing business in Puerto Rico, which they said Wednesday have “lost trust” in the island’s government.
Throughout Hato Rey’s Golden Mile, sotto voce, there is talk about an imminent amendment to Law 154 to increase taxes on foreign corporations. Under the present law, the excise tax on these corporations just declined from 4 percent in 2011, to 3.75 percent in 2012, and effective this month down further to 2.75 percent.
The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association’s Tax Affairs and Buyers and Suppliers tems will host a workshop to explain to controlled foreign corporations doing business on the island how to reduce operational costs. The seminar also targets local “critical suppliers,” who will learn how to boost their sales.
The Treasury Department pumped $731 million into the government’s General Fund last month, or $216 million more than what it collected during January 2011. The 42 percent hike was fueled by income and excise taxes, Treasury Secretary Jesús Méndez said Thursday.
General Fund gross revenue collections increased 9.3 percent to $638 million in October, or $54 million more in comparison to the total for the same month in 2010, Treasury Secretary Jesús F. Méndez said Monday.
The Treasury Department’s preliminary year-end General Fund report released Wednesday showing an uptick in revenue collections may not necessarily be a sign of real economic improvement, the Center for the New Economy said Thursday upon analyzing the results.
Foreign and non-resident companies doing business in Puerto Rico accounted for 10 percent of fiscal 2011’s General Fund collections, which reached more than $8.1 billion, preliminary results offered Wednesday show.
General fund collections reached $625 million in May, representing an increase of $88 million, or 16.4 percent when compared to the same month in 2010, the Treasury Department said Monday.
Two major manufacturing plants employing more than 2,000 people on the island paid a combined $20 million to the government of Puerto Rico during the first quarter, related to the recently effected 4 percent excise tax on foreign corporations.
On Thursday, News is my Business obtained a copy of the notice the Internal Revenue Service sent to the government of Puerto Rico with regards to the federal credit granted for the 4 percent excise tax that went into effect in January.
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