The Puerto Rico Department of Labor announced the launch of a new online Pandemic Unemployment Assistance platform — known as FastPUA — to expedite claims, by working in tandem with the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, which will share taxpayer information. The Labor Department began testing the platform last week, during which some 5,749 claimants accessed […]
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department reported that the preliminary revenue for the General Fund during the 2019-2020 fiscal year totaled $9.3 billion. Although the collections of the last two quarters of this fiscal year were affected by the earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic, they exceeded the revised Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico […]
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department disbursed additional $26 million in income tax return refunds for the 2019 tax year, pushing the total number of payments to more than $400 million, agency Secretary Francisco Parés said. “This week we’re sending refunds of $26,247,554 to some 35,116 taxpayers. Our commitment is to continue disbursing all the aid […]
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