Treasury intercepts $ 14.6 million of the $ 1,200 of citizens for ASUME debts

The Department of the Treasury has intercepted $ 14,660,040 of the federal incentive of the $ 1,200 to debtors of the Administration for Child Support (ASUME), the Treasury press office informed Metro. The agency reported that the total number of debtors who saw a reduction in their federal incentive for their debts amounts to 12,651. … Read more

Secretary of Labor corrects number of people working PUA applications

The secretary of the Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH), Briseida Torres, reported that nearly half of the agency’s employees, 250 people, work with applications for the pandemic unemployment program (PUA). ), this after Governor Wanda Vázquez indicated today that the number of officials assigned to that work amounted to 500. The agency Cybernews … Read more

Government announces new $ 1,000 incentive to self-employed workers

The Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announced that free-lancers who received the incentive of $ 500 with state funds will receive a new incentive of $ 1,000 from federal funds, given the economic impact caused by the emergency of the COVID-19 on the island. At a press conference, the first executive explained how the $ 2.2 … Read more

Parés warns of “false expectations” regarding $ 1,200 and dependent incentive

The Secretary of the Department of the Treasury, Francisco Parés alerted about the “false expectations” of some citizens who think they are eligible for the federal incentive of $ 1,200 and their dependents, when in reality not all of them qualify for the incentive. “Being a dependent for tax purposes would not necessarily qualify for … Read more

Treasury intercepts the incentive of $ 1,200 from 1,169 debtors in ASUME

The Department of Finance reported that it intercepted the federal incentive of the $ 1,200 to 1,169 citizens who had debt in the Administration for Child Support (ASSUME). The agency indicated that the amount at the moment amounts to $ 901,585. The Treasury told Metro that it had previously notified an erroneous amount, indicating that … Read more

Taxpayers ignore suggestions from the Treasury and 95,000 enter in half an hour to claim the $ 1,200

The secretary of the Department of Estate, Francisco Parés, made a call to taxpayers to follow the instructions to fill out the bank information and receive the federal incentive of $ 1,200, this after the link was enabled in the first half hour www.pagodeimpactoeconomico.com More than 95,000 people entered, when only 88,000 had to fill … Read more

More than 320,000 people out of work in Puerto Rico due to the coronavirus

The unemployment figure in Puerto Rico because of coronavirus amounts to 238,934, according to information provided by the Department of Labor and Human Resources (DTRH) to the Department of Federal job. Added to this number are the 90,000 people who have applied for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program (PUA) and who are waiting for the … Read more

By June the $ 1,200 of the PAN beneficiaries

The incentive of $ 1,200 for the beneficiaries of the Nutritional Assistance Program (PAN) could come in June, according to phases established by the Department of the Treasury for disbursements. The agency’s secretary, Francisco Parés, explained that in the first phase the funds coming from the federal CARES law will be delivered to the citizens … Read more