Puerto Rico’s General Fund revenue collections totaled $767.5 million in February, reflecting a $58.2 million increase compared to February 2015, and $34.1 million above revised estimates.
Filing an individual paper tax return becomes outdated this April as Puerto Rico switches to compulsory electronic filing in a move that is expected to save the Treasury Department up to $5 million in expenses, according to one of its top officials.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has launched a series of embargoes on local businesses that have not been remitting collected Sales and Use Tax (“IVU”, for its Spanish acronym) to the government, nor their employees’ tax retentions.