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Puerto Rico Issues Administrative Determination on Transition from SUT to VAT

26 April 2016

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Puerto Rico

On 18 April 2016, Puerto Rico's Treasury Department issued Administrative Determination No. 16-07 on the transition from sales and use tax (SUT) to value added tax (VAT), which will be effective 1 June 2016. Key aspects of the transition include: The implementation of a new electronic system (Sistema Unificado de Rentas Internas - SURI) that must be used by taxpayers to electronically file monthly VAT returns, make VAT payments, and perform other VAT-related functions, and will eventually be used to manage other taxes as well; The introduction of a new form for VAT returns, which will need to be filed...