Court orders Treasury to release KPMG tax reform report
February 4, 2015
Saying the Commonwealth failed to justify its reasons for not doing so, the San Juan Superior Court on Tuesday ordered the Puerto Rico Treasury Department to make public the report produced by KPMG Accounting Services that is being used to shape the upcoming tax reform.
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FDIC advises Doral to accept buyout offers from rivals
January 29, 2015
In a letter sent to Doral Bank earlier this week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. advised the financially crippled bank to “accept an offer to combine with another insured depositary institution,” or improve its capital levels to once again be considered as “adequately capitalized.”
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Treasury collections $3M short in November at $452M
December 12, 2014
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department announced Thursday that preliminary General Fund revenues totaled $452 million in November. This figure is $3 million, or 0.7 percent, below estimates, agency Secretary Juan Zaragoza-Gómez said.
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GDB, Treasury provide liquidity, cash flow updates
October 20, 2014
As part of its initiative to enhance public disclosure, the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico recently provided a “special liquidity update,” while the Treasury Department posted a Commonwealth General Fund cash flow projection for Fiscal 2015.
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Doral employees urge to gov’t to end fight, spare jobs
October 17, 2014
A group of Doral Bank employees held a news conference Thursday, urging Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla to stop the government’s “attack” on their workplace, and “save their jobs.”
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Puerto Rico governor reshuffles fiscal team
October 16, 2014
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla announced changes to his fiscal team Wednesday that call for shifting Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta to the helm of the Government Development Bank, and naming Juan Zaragoza-Gómez as her successor at the agency. The governor also announced the appointment of Luis Cruz as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
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Doral reps urge gov’t to honor tax agreement
October 14, 2014
On the heels of its legal victory last week, Doral Financial Corp.’s Economic Advisor Robert Shapiro on Monday urged the government of Puerto Rico to honor the tax agreement upheld by a local court, “for the sake of its credibility.”
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Puerto Rico Treasury Dept. unveils revamped website
October 3, 2014
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department unveiled Thursday its redesigned website, to among other things, promote “greater transparency and easier access to information and services,” agency Secretary Melba Acosta said.
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Treasury: Sept. sales and use tax collections up 8.5%
October 2, 2014
Last month's Sales and Use Tax revenue, which includes transactions made in August, totaled $124.2 million, the highest level for a month of September since the SUT was implemented in November 2006, the Treasury Department said Wednesday.
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U.S. Treasury awards $4.9M to Puerto Rico’s EDB
September 25, 2014
The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday the transfer of more than $4.9 million in State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funds to Puerto Rico to help local businesses access the capital they need to grow and hire.
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Treasury wants to erase ‘uncertainty’ from tax code
September 12, 2014
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has spent the last seven months working with a team of local and international experts in tax, fiscal and economic matters to propose an overhaul to the island’s Internal Revenue Code that ultimately should eliminate the “uncertainty” associated with elements of the decades-old statute, agency Chief Melba Acosta told members of the media Thursday.
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General Fund net revenues fall short by $27.4M in Aug.
September 12, 2014
Puerto Rico’s General Fund net collections fell short of projected estimates by $27.4 million last month, when the government collected $440.6 million, hit mostly by a drop in payments from corporations under Law 154, motor vehicle sales and individual payments.
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Doral, gov’t prolong public war of words over tax dispute
August 27, 2014
Doral Financial Corp. and Puerto Rico government officials were back in the public eye Tuesday, when both parties took to the media to defend their reasons for a collapse in court-ordered negotiations regarding a $229 million tax refund the former is claiming, and the latter rescinded.
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Doral, gov’t continue talks on tax refund dispute
August 25, 2014
Despite word that court-ordered talks between the government and Doral Financial Corp. had broken down late Friday, representatives from both parties confirmed negotiations are still on the fate of a $229 million tax refund the bank is claiming from the government.
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Court orders Doral, Treasury to negotiate tax refund deal
August 12, 2014
The saga between Doral Financial Corp. and the Puerto Rico Treasury Department that began earlier this summer took another turn recently, when a local court ordered the parties to sit down and negotiate an agreement that would grant the bank a $229 million tax refund.
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