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Private limited company

Corporation (corporación doméstica con fines de lucro)Puerto Rico

What it takes to form, own and run a private limited company in Puerto Rico, and how its profit is taxed. Each figure links to the page it was read from.

This company type

At a glance

Owners' liability
Limited to what the owners put in
Officialcsi.pr.govRead 10 Oct 2026
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se demandaría a la corporación y no a sus dueños en su carácter personal
Owners
At least 1 · a company may be one
Officialbvirtualogp.pr.govRead 10 Oct 2026
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Cualquier persona natural con capacidad legal o cualquier persona jurídica, por sí o en unión a otras, podrá incorporar u organizar una corporación
Directors
At least 1 · none need live there · individuals only
Officialbvirtualogp.pr.govRead 10 Oct 2026
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La junta de directores consistirá de uno o más miembros, los cuales deberán ser personas naturales.
Minimum capital
None
Officialbvirtualogp.pr.govRead 25 Oct 2026
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mediante la radicación en el Departamento de Estado de un certificado de incorporación que será otorgado, certificado, radicado e inscrito conforme al Artículo 1.03 de esta Ley
Formation fee
USD 150 (about €131)
Officialbvirtualogp.pr.govRead 10 Oct 2026
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Por la radicación del certificado de incorporación original, los derechos se computarán a base de un (1) centavo por cada acción de capital autorizado con valor par, hasta veinte mil (20,000) acciones, inclusive
Tax on profit
Officialbvirtualogp.pr.govRead 15 Oct 2026
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significa toda corporación que no sea:
Notary needed: NoResident director needed: NoFormed online: Yes

Form it

Who registers it

Registry
Formed without visiting
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Formed online
Yes

What it takes to form

A notary
Not required
A resident director
Not required
Paying up the capital
Not in our records

Own it

Who may own and run it

Directors
At least 1 · none need live there · individuals only
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 10 Oct 2026
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La junta de directores consistirá de uno o más miembros, los cuales deberán ser personas naturales.
Shareholders
At least 1 · a company may be one
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 10 Oct 2026
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Cualquier persona natural con capacidad legal o cualquier persona jurídica, por sí o en unión a otras, podrá incorporar u organizar una corporación
Members
At least 1 · one person may form it alone
Official csi.pr.gov read 10 Oct 2026
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una corporación puede ser creada por una (1) persona natural o jurídica
A local company secretary
Not required
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 22 Oct 2026
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Toda corporación organizada con arreglo a esta Ley deberá tener los oficiales según los títulos y deberes que se disponga en los estatutos
A local registered agent
Required
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 15 Oct 2026
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Toda corporación deberá mantener en el Estado Libre Asociado un agente residente

Each year, at the registry

Annual registry fee
USD 150 (about €131)
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 10 Oct 2026
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Toda corporación doméstica o foránea deberá pagar derechos anuales por una suma que en ningún caso será menor de cien dólares ($100).
Accounts on the public record
Not stated

The registry’s and the law’s own pages do not mention it.

Audit for a small company
Not required
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 10 Oct 2026
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En el caso de corporaciones sin fines de lucro y sin acciones de capital, y corporaciones con fines de lucro cuyo volumen de negocio no sobrepase tres millones de dólares ($3,000,000), será requerido un Estado de Situación Financiera.
Audit
The annual report (Art. 15.01) carries a balance sheet; it must be audited and accompanied by a CPA's opinion where the Internal Revenue Code (s. 1061.15) requires audited statements. A for-profit corporation whose business volume does not exceed $3,000,000 files a Statement of Financial Position without an audit report.
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 10 Oct 2026
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En el caso de corporaciones sin fines de lucro y sin acciones de capital, y corporaciones con fines de lucro cuyo volumen de negocio no sobrepase tres millones de dólares ($3,000,000), será requerido un Estado de Situación Financiera.

Important dates

When each obligation falls due, as the authority states it.

Informe anual de la corporación
15 April

With Registro Electrónico de Corporaciones y Entidades, Departamento de Estado

Statute Art. 15.01(A): filed by 15 April. The text reads 'Para todo año anterior al 2025', so this rule is stated for years before 2025; the statute read says nothing about later years. Late penalties and cancellation are stated in Art. 15.02, not quantified here.

What is public

Not in our records What the register shows the public is not in our records for the Corporation (corporación doméstica con fines de lucro).

Tax

Tax on profit

How this company type is taxed, which can differ from its place’s headline rate.

Varies · 5–19%+1 regime

A regular corporation pays the normal tax of 18.5% on net income subject to normal tax (Sec. 1022.01(b), tax years beginning after 31 Dec 2018), plus the additional tax of Sec. 1022.02(b)(2) on net income subject to additional tax, in marginal bands of 5% to 19%.

Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 15 Oct 2026
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significa toda corporación que no sea:

Special regimes that may apply

Whether a company qualifies depends on its activity and conditions set in each statute.

CFC rules in Puerto Rico
Not in our records

Close it

Closing it

The other end, which most guides leave out.

Route
Voluntary dissolution: board resolution, approval by a majority of the shares entitled to vote, and a certificate of dissolution filed with the Department of State (Arts. 9.05(A)-(B))
Official bvirtualogp.pr.gov read 10 Oct 2026
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se otorgará, autenticará y radicará, en las oficinas del Departamento de Estado, de acuerdo al Artículo 1.03 de esta Ley, un certificado de disolución
Statutory fee
Not in our records

Every business in Puerto Rico

VAT

Standard rate
Not in our records
The tax authority’s pages have not been read for Puerto Rico.

Payment and banking services

1 service names Puerto Rico on its own list: Airwallex. Each provider, and what a listing means.

Reference

Its name and code

Kind
Private limited company
Derived our grouping, the same words in every country
Name in law
Corporation (corporación doméstica con fines de lucro)
ISO 20275 code
YS16