Tools for Business Growth

Government Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs, SMEs, and Export Services

As part of a strategic plan, government incentives can be useful tools for business growth. With a new economic reality, Puerto Rico offers an aggressive incentive package to foster entrepreneurship and connect local companies with the global economy. Three incentives are leading the way:

Young Entrepreneurs

  • 0% fixed income tax rate up to $500,000 in gross income
  • 100% tax exemption on personal and real property taxes
  • 100% tax exemption on municipal license taxes
  • 3-year tax decree

This Incentive is available for entrepreneurs between the ages of 16 and 35 years old. The evaluation of applications to receive the incentives and benefits here described are subject to the dispositions applicable under the law and regulations. Contact us to get advice on integrating this Incentive into your plans for business growth—act 135 of 2014.

New Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

  • 5% fixed income tax rate for 1st year, 2nd year: 10% and 3rd year: 15%
  • 50% reimbursement of the federal minimum salary ($3.63 per hour) for up to 15 employees for 12 months.
  • 50% tax exemption on personal and real property taxes, municipal license taxes, and policy costs with the State Insurance Fund Corporation
  • 3-years tax decree

Other benefits and requirements for Existing SMEs and SMEs with Net Operating Losses. The evaluation of applications to receive the incentives and benefits here described are subject to the dispositions applicable under the law and regulations. Contact us to get advice on integrating this Incentive into your plans for business growth. Act 120 of 2014

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Act 20 for Export Services Companies

  • 4% fixed income tax rate on income related to the export of services
  • 100% tax exemption on income tax rate from dividends or profit distributions
  • 90% tax exemption on personal and real property taxes
  • 60% tax exemption on municipal license taxes
  • 20-year tax decree, renewable for an additional 10-year period

This Incentive is also available for Local Companies with plans to export services. The evaluation of applications to receive the incentives and benefits here described are subject to the dispositions applicable under the law and regulations. Contact us to get advice on integrating this Incentive into your plans for business growth. Act 20 of 2012

Other Tools for Growth

Puerto Rico offers complimentary incentives for Manufacture, Tourism, Financial Services, Insurance, Researchers, and Individual Investors, among other sectors.

Every tax incentive granted constitutes a contract with the government of Puerto Rico that is legally guaranteed and protected by United States law. It is important to point out that Puerto Rico operates as a Foreign Tax Structure, where federal income taxes doesn’t apply. It works with the Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFCs) tax treatment, in which federal income taxes differ until the repatriation of profits.

Goverment Incentives for Business Growrh

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DISCLAIMER. The materials contained on this website are for general information purposes only. They do not constitute official legal, investment, or professional advice. The reader may not rely only on this article’s contents. DuartePino assumes no liability for accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information contained in this article and expressively disclaims all liability for damages arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information provided in this article. The evaluation of applications to receive the incentives and benefits here described are subject to the dispositions applicable under the law and regulations.