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Francisco has over thirty-one years experience in public accounting, including the “Big Four” and private consulting practice.

He engages in the design and development of tax planning and consulting strategies. This includes tax services in the area of mergers and acquisitions, business reorganizations, partnership transactions, tax incentives and exemptions, individual and corporate tax issues, personal financial matters, and others.

His experience includes participation in multiple international and global business transformation engagements, including post-acquisition implementation and executing strategies focused on reducing global effective tax rates, mostly interplaying with the Puerto Rico tax incentives. Francisco has significant experience assisting clients before the Internal Revenue Service and the Puerto Rico Treasury Department, among others. He also possesses extensive tax compliance experience.

Memberships

Puerto Rico State Society of Certified Public Accountants
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Qualifications

BBA, major in accounting
CPA
Esquire

Latest Articles

Understanding and Utilizing Net Operating Losses (NOLs): How Puerto Rican businesses can carry forward or backward their NOLs to offset taxable income.

Advisory Understanding and Utilizing Net Operating Losses (NOLs): How Puerto Rican businesses can carry forward or backward their NOLs to offset taxable income.

Net operating losses (NOLs) can be a boon for corporations that experience a down year, allowing them to offset taxable income in other years. But, NOLs come with complex rules and limitations, so it's important to understand your options. This article will answer all your frequently asked questions about NOLs, including what they are, how to calculate them, whether they can be carried back or forward, how to claim them, and what limitations and special rules apply. By the end, you'll have the knowledge you need to use NOLs to your corporation's advantage.

| 7 min read | 30 Nov 2023

Tax Insights Puerto Rico Income Tax Deductions: A Step-by-Step Guide for Individual Taxpayers

This publication is part of a four-part series. For a discussion on our previous articles in this series, refer to the following links: Puerto Rico Opens its Doors for Disregarded Entities | Grant Thornton Three become One: The New Pass-Through Entity Category | Grant Thornton Puerto Rico Income Tax Deductions for Corporations: A Step-by-Step Guide | Grant Thornton

| 16 min read | 31 Oct 2023

Tax Insights Maximize Your Small Business Growth by Taking Advantage of Available Tax Incentives in Puerto Rico

Small and medium-sized businesses, also known as PyME or PyMEs (for its Spanish translation), represent an important sector of the Puerto Rican economy, as they play a substantial role in generating employment opportunities for the Island and boosting economic growth. According to the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DEDC) PyMEs Annual Report, in 2019 PyMEs accounted for 91.4% of the total establishments in Puerto Rico, contributing 44.8% of the total jobs in the private sector, and representing 39.2% of the total payroll in Puerto Rico’s private sector during such year.

| 13 min read | 28 Sep 2023

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