Senate PDP requests update on promised tax relief checks.

By THE STAR STAFF

Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Senate Minority Leader Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz announced on Thursday the filing of a request for information to Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and the Financial Oversight and Management Board to explain the status of promised tax relief.

“Recall that on February 3, 2026, Joint Resolution 6-2026 was passed, which in essence was a piece of legislation that allocated to the Department of the Treasury $554 million from the General Fund, to finance the costs related to a distribution of payments to certain individuals for a ‘tax relief check’ for the year 2025,” the senator said.

“We are asking to be told at what stage is the process for temporary tax relief to be given,” said Hernández Ortiz, adding that “the government’s silence is very worrying.” “The government has already failed to comply with the tax reform and we do not want the same to happen with this promise. The economic situation of families in Puerto Rico forces us to insist on this relief.”

The PDP Senate delegation noted that the necessary information to demonstrate how the proposed tax relief would be financed has yet to be submitted to the fiscal oversight entity.

Since the approval of the tax relief, the oversight board has granted several extensions to the government to deliver the documentation, the minority senators pointed out.