How to file your income tax return in Puerto Rico
The deadline, electronic filing, the tools Hacienda publishes, and what to do if you missed it.
August 13, 2026
Taxes & Treasury
Tax returns, SURI, Treasury certifications and tax obligations.
24 guides
How to request an extension to file your tax return in Puerto Rico
The automatic six-month extension, form SC 2644, and why it does not buy you more time to pay.
August 13, 2026
What to do if Hacienda sends you a tax deficiency notice
What the notice means, the 30 days you have to request reconsideration and a hearing, and what happens if you do not respond.
August 13, 2026
What to do if you receive a tax seizure notice from Hacienda
The 30 days you have to pay or clarify, who to call, and what Hacienda can seize once the deadline passes.
August 13, 2026
How to amend a tax return you already filed in Puerto Rico
When an amendment is needed, why SURI is free of charge, and why an address change requires no amendment.
August 13, 2026
How to check your Hacienda tax refund status
Where to check your refund, the automated number, and what to do if someone cashed your check.
August 13, 2026
What to do if a Hacienda check arrives for someone who has died
The endorsement with Form SC 4505, and why everything depends on whether the check reaches $1,000.
August 13, 2026
Security credit freeze: how to shut the door on fraud
Act 236-2015 lets you freeze your credit report so nobody opens accounts in your name. The deadlines, the PIN and who pays nothing.
August 23, 2026
Credit repair companies: what the law forbids them to charge you
Act 153-2013 bans advance payment, gives seven days to cancel and caps the contract at six months. And it clarifies what cannot be erased from your file.
August 23, 2026
Complaint against a bank, mortgage company or lender
The OCIF handles complaints against Puerto Rico financial institutions, but not against “N.A.” banks, cooperatives or out-of-state banks. Here is the line.
August 15, 2026
Unclaimed money: inactive accounts and abandoned property
After five years of inactivity the bank hands your money to the OCIF. Claiming it is free and needs no contract with anyone. You search at missingmoney.com.
August 15, 2026
The estate release: without it nothing is sold or inherited
The estate tax return is due within nine months of death. It produces the Relevo, without which property cannot be recorded, sold or refinanced.
August 15, 2026
Gifting a house or money: the return almost nobody knows to file
Any gift over $10,000 in a calendar year requires filing the Gift Tax Return. The $10,000 exclusion applies per person receiving the gift.
August 15, 2026
They withhold from every invoice: what it is and how to get relief
Payments for services rendered carry withholding at source. A Relief Certificate is issued through SURI each December to those who qualify.
August 15, 2026
A copy of your W-2PR or a 480 informative: free in SURI
Any taxpayer can print their W-2PR, W-2cPR or Form 480 free from SURI. On paper it costs $5 per document, and it is free for veterans with a DD-214.
August 15, 2026
The sales tax that lands on you: online purchases, books and back to school
If you bought online and were not charged sales tax, you owe it on arrival. Books and notebooks are exempt all year round.
August 15, 2026
The tax preparer may not charge you for the 65-and-over credit
Act 61-2020 pays registered tax preparers for helping people 65 and over, on one condition: they may not charge the taxpayer anything.
August 24, 2026
Medical debt: it cannot go on your credit report
Act 98-2026 bars reporting medical-expense debts to credit agencies, and bars a collector from telling you it will hurt your score.
August 27, 2026
Small personal loan: the APR and rates they must publish for you
Act 110-2026 requires every lender to publish its rates weekly and to tell you the APR with all charges, in plain language.
August 28, 2026
Resident investor decree: 4% and six years away from 2027
Act 38-2026 replaces the full exemption with a 4% fixed rate, requires six years of non-residency and extends the programme through 2055.
August 28, 2026
Earned Income Credit: which income counts and how it must be reported
Act 44-2026 fixed the Internal Revenue Code to define which earned gross income counts for the Earned Income Credit and on which informative return.
August 28, 2026
Challenging your property tax assessment
Thirty days to ask CRIM for review, but you must pay 100% of what you accept and 40% of what you dispute. CRIM answers within sixty days.
September 1, 2026
Attachment and auction for property tax debt
The attachment certification at the Registry already counts as notice. After the auction thirty days remain to redeem, paying the price plus twenty per cent.
September 1, 2026
When CRIM sells your property tax debt
The newspaper notice comes sixty days ahead and the letter to your last address thirty. The buyer inherits the lien and collects at ten per cent a year.
September 1, 2026
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