The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has begun to implement the reduction of the Sales and Use Tax (IVU, for its initials in Spanish) on prepared foods from 11.5% to 7%, which will take effect in October. “We have already started conversations with the Puerto Rico Restaurants Association to delineate the parameters of the implementation and […]
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Raúl Maldonado inaugurated, along with Guaynabo Mayor Ángel Pérez, the town’s first 360 Service Center, specialized in assisting small and mid-sized businesses to complete transactions in a single place. “This collaborative agreement with the municipality of Guaynabo is part of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s commitment to provide all the tools to help […]
Net revenues to the General Fund totaled $1.2 billion in March 2019, a “new historic level for a month of March,” Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Raúl Maldonado said. “This monthly revenue exceeded the Oct. 23, 2018 Certified Fiscal Plan revised projections by $259.1 million. This fiscal year, March has reflected the best performance compared to […]