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Full service law firm that leverages technology to assist clients in the USA facing legal challenges in Puerto Rico, focusing on business, commercial, immigration, bankruptcy, personal injury, contractual, and real estate law.

21/10/2026

Before a Puerto Rico business makes its first sale, it usually needs a Merchant Registration Certificate from the Department of Treasury, Hacienda, obtained through the SURI system.

The certificate identifies the business for sales and use tax purposes, it is displayed at each place of business, and businesses that sell taxable goods or services collect and remit the IVU through it. Each location may need its own registration, and changes in address or ownership need to be updated.

It is one of the simplest compliance steps, and also one of the most commonly missed by businesses relocating from the mainland.

Add it to your launch checklist next to the municipal license and the bank account, and opening day starts on solid ground.

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21/10/2026

An approved Act 60 decree is a contract with continuing obligations, and good standing is kept one deadline at a time.

For individual investors under the current rules, that includes the annual report to the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, the required annual charitable contribution, the purchase of a primary residence within two years, and bona fide residency every single year. Business decree holders carry their own reporting, employment, and operating conditions written into the grant.

None of it is difficult on its own. The risk comes from a missed date or lost paperwork.

Put every obligation on one calendar, assign someone to own it, and keep proof of each filing. That small system protects a benefit that can run for decades.

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20/10/2026

Zero percent on interest, dividends, and resident capital gains, for Individual Investor decrees filed by December 31, 2026.

Act 38-2026 moves new decrees to 4 percent for applications filed on or after January 1, 2027. On one million dollars of dividends, that is the difference between zero and about $40,000 a year in Puerto Rico tax, illustrative and before credits or surtaxes.

The window is open now, and an application can come together well within the time left. One minute on why the filing date matters.

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20/10/2026

A drained wallet feels final. Often it is not, if the first 48 hours are used well.

Start by securing what is left. Move remaining assets to a new wallet created on a clean device, and revoke token approvals on the compromised address. Then document everything: transaction hashes, wallet addresses, screenshots, emails, and the timeline of what you clicked or signed.

Report the theft to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center and to the exchanges where the funds land. Blockchain tracing can follow assets to exchanges that freeze accounts on a court order or a law enforcement request, which is where civil recovery begins.

One more rule: anyone who contacts you promising guaranteed recovery for an upfront fee is the next scam. A licensed attorney will tell you plainly what is realistic.

Swipe for the first steps.

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19/10/2026

Puerto Rico offers both corporations and limited liability companies, and the right choice depends on the plan for the business.

The questions that decide it are practical. How will owners be paid and taxed, locally and federally? Will an Act 60 decree attach to the entity? Will investors come in, and what will they expect? How much governance flexibility do the owners want?

Tax classification works differently in Puerto Rico and for federal purposes, so the entity has to be chosen with both in view, ideally with your accountant in the room.

Choosing deliberately at the start is easy. Converting an entity later is possible, but it costs time and money that a short planning conversation can save.

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19/10/2026

Every Act 60 individual benefit rests on one fact: being a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico. Federal rules test it three ways, and a resident has to satisfy all three for the year.

The presence test can be met in several ways, and 183 days on the island is the most familiar. The tax home test asks where your principal place of business or work is. The closer connection test asks where your life is centered: your home, family, bank accounts, driver's license, voter registration, doctors, and community ties.

Most residency disputes are decided on the third test, because it is the one people document least.

Swipe through the three tests, then build the file that proves each one. It is very achievable with a little discipline from the first day.

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18/10/2026

A bank in Puerto Rico, taxed at a fixed 4 percent.

That is the International Financial Entity: a US dollar banking license under Act 273 of 2012, as amended by Act 44 of 2024, for clients outside the island, operating under US federal law. The Act 60 decree fixes the 4 percent rate, fully exempts distributions to non-resident owners, and runs for fifteen years, renewable for fifteen more.

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18/10/2026

The moment a crypto business holds customer funds or moves value on a customer's behalf, regulators see a money transmitter.

In Puerto Rico that means a license from the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions under Act 136 of 2010, in addition to federal registration with FinCEN as a money services business. The application looks at the owners, the business plan, net worth and bonding, and the written anti money laundering program that will run the business day to day.

Federal registration does not replace the local license, and a license in another state does not carry over to the island.

Plan for it early and the license fits inside the launch timeline. We help crypto businesses map which activities trigger licensing before the first customer signs up.

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17/10/2026

Forming a company in Puerto Rico is a clear process when it is done in the right order.

Choose the entity type with the tax and decree plan in mind, then reserve the name and file the certificate of incorporation or formation with the Department of State. Obtain the federal EIN, register with Hacienda through SURI as a merchant where the business requires it, and handle the municipal license for the town where you operate. Open the bank account, adopt bylaws or an operating agreement, and calendar the annual filings.

Most problems later trace back to shortcuts at formation: the wrong entity for the decree, missing registrations, or ownership documents that were never signed.

Swipe through the sequence. It is very doable, and doing it right once saves a lot of cleanup.

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17/10/2026

Puerto Rico amended the Individual Resident Investor program in March with Act 38-2026, and the program now runs through 2055.

For applications filed on or after January 1, 2027, interest, dividends, and post-residency capital gains are taxed at a 4 percent preferential rate, applicants must not have been Puerto Rico residents in the six years before the move, and the primary residence must be owned directly or through a trust.

Applications filed by December 31, 2026 fall under the current terms. Existing decrees keep their terms through 2035 unless revoked, and holders may renegotiate into the new regime.

For anyone weighing the move, the calendar is now the plan. There is still time to file this year, and the steps are very manageable with an early start.

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