Puerto Rico Establishes Hurricane Season Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday

Bradley Feimer

May 13, 2022

5/12/2022

Puerto Rico recently approved H.R. Bill 478 (2021) establishing a new sales tax holiday for hurricane preparedness. This new holiday will occur every year during the last Friday, Saturday and Sunday of May. Items such as batteries, water, nonperishable food, storm preparedness supplies, and certain emergency supplies will be exempt during the holiday period. The sales tax holiday’s first occurrence is May 27-29, 2022.

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Bradley Feimer

Bradley Feimer is a Senior Regulatory Counsel at Sovos. Brad focuses on domestic sales tax, fees, and Colorado local taxation. Brad is a member of the Massachusetts Bar and the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT). He has a B.A. in English from The Ohio State University and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.

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