Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny after federal legislators released a new report on Friday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The report found that the island's exemptions could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and it urged the International Revenue Service to improve its oversight, warning that some recipients “may not be meeting their federal tax obligations.” The report was requested in July 2023 by Democrats in the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee to investigate how the tax breaks "could create an unfair tax haven for the ultra-wealthy and do nothing to benefit the people of Puerto Rico.”

Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny after federal legislators released a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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