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If you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien but not a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico during the entire tax year, you generally must file the following returns. A Puerto Rico tax return reporting only your income from Puerto Rico sources.

A Puerto Rico tax return reporting only your income from Puerto Rico sources. Wages for services performed in Puerto Rico, whether for a private employer, the U.S. government, or otherwise, is income from Puerto Rico sources. A U.S. tax return (Form 1040NR) according to the rules for a nonresident alien.

Bona fide residents of Puerto Rico generally do not report income received from sources within Puerto Rico on their U.S. income tax return. However, they should report all income received from sources outside Puerto Rico on their U.S. income tax return.

Puerto Rico is a US territory and not a state, so its residents don't pay federal income tax unless they work for the US government. Even so, workers there pay the majority of federal taxes that Americans on the mainland pay payroll taxes, social security taxes, business taxes, gift taxes, estate taxes and so on.

If you can't hit 183 days (for example, you are starting your residency in November), then you need to qualify for Puerto Rico residency using the 3 year test. You are a tax resident of Puerto Rico if you spend a minimum of 60 days in Puerto Rico during each tax year and at least 549 days over 3 consecutive years.

Personal Income Tax Rate in Puerto Rico is expected to be 33.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.

Puerto Rico (PR) is not a state but a commonwealth. The Puerto Rico sales and use tax rate is 10.5%.

The state general sales tax rate of Puerto Rico is 10.5%. Puerto Rico cities and/or municipalities don't have a city sales tax.

Still, Puerto Rico hopes to lure American mainlanders with an income tax of only 4%. Legally avoiding the 37% federal rate and the 13.3% California (or other state) rate sounds pretty good. What's more, there is no tax on dividends, and no capital gain tax in Puerto Rico. However, some big cautions are in order.

The Puerto Rico Sales and Use Tax (SUT, Spanish: Impuesto a las Ventas y Uso, IVU) is the combined sales and use tax applied to most sales in Puerto Rico. The tax is composed of two portions: 1.5% that belongs to the municipality where the sale was executed, and 5.5% that belongs to the state government.

To request a Puerto Rico extension, file Form AS 2644 (Request for Extension of Time to File the Income Tax Return) by the original due date of your return. Form AS 2644 will give you 3 extra months to file your return, moving the filing deadline to July 15 (for calendar year taxpayers).

Unlike the US, Puerto Rico does not tax social security pension income or unemployment. Puerto Rico residents must still pay the US FICA tax on self-employment income.

The Commonwealth government has its own tax laws and Puerto Ricans are also required to pay some US federal taxes, although most residents do not have to pay the federal personal income tax. ... Residents also pay federal payroll taxes, such as Social Security and Medicare taxes.

U.S. citizens and resident aliens who aren't bona fide residents of Puerto Rico during the entire tax year are required to report all income from worldwide sources on their U.S. income tax return.

Yes, Puerto Ricans do pay some federal income taxes in addition to the local income tax they pay in Puerto Rico. They pay the federal tax that funds Social Security and Medicare (the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax).