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 Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber (MIDA for its Spanish acronym), filed a lawsuit Thursday against the government, asking the San Juan Superior Court to declare the so-called “national tax” unconstitutional and order the Treasury Department to immediately publish exemption regulations.
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta announced Thursday that revenues for the first five months of fiscal year 2014 exceeded collections for the same period of fiscal year 2013 by $335 million, or 12.4 percent.