Biography
Mr. Figueroa's practice areas include income taxes, non-for-profit, excise taxes, internal revenue licenses, personal and real property taxes, municipal license taxes, municipal construction excise taxes, sales and use taxes, employee benefits, foreign-trade zone, and tax incentives available to renewable energy facilities, hospitals and waste disposal facilities, among others. He also has experience in tax litigation before the Federal and Puerto Rico courts, as well as in administrative proceedings before state and municipal taxing authorities, including but not limited to deficiency procedures and tax audits.
He provides assistance to businesses in various different industries, including but not limited to retail, manufacturing, services in general, health, telecommunications, energy, construction, real estate, among others. He also assists entities in tax related aspects of commencement of operations in Puerto Rico and provides assistance with respect to the incentives available in the negotiations of tax exemption grants with government agencies.
Mr. Figueroa is an active member of the firm’s Pro Bono program, advocating and obtaining income tax exempt status under Section 1101.01 of the PR Code and/or Section 501(c)(3) of the US Code for many nonprofit organizations.
He is an adjunct professor at the School of Law of the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico offering the course of tax law in the J.D. program, and has served as lecturer at seminars from the Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Practices
News & Publications
News
- McV NewsAugust 21, 2019
- Nine McV Attorneys PromotedMay 11, 2015
Publications
- An McV Tax AlertNovember 14, 2019
- An McV Tax AlertOctober 29, 2019
- August 26, 2019
- An McV Tax AlertJune 11, 2019
- An McV Tax AlertFebruary 13, 2019
- An McV Tax AlertDecember 10, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertDecember 7, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertDecember 3, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertNovember 29, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertNovember 29, 2018
- An McV Tax Litigation AlertJune 28, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertJune 27, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertJune 26, 2018
- An McV Bankruptcy & Debt Restructuring AlertMay 29, 2018
- An McV Bankruptcy & Debt Restructuring AlertMay 16, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertApril 24, 2018
- An McV Bankruptcy & Debt Restructuring AlertFebruary 21, 2018
- An McV Tax AlertNovember 3, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertOctober 10, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertOctober 4, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertSeptember 29, 2017
- An McV Tax Litigation AlertAugust 24, 2017
- An McV Retail AlertAugust 17, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertAugust 16, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertJuly 31, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertJuly 5, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertJune 29, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertJune 21, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertMay 18, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertApril 19, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertMarch 21, 2017
- An McV Tax Exemption AlertMarch 17, 2017
- An McV Employee Benefits AlertJanuary 16, 2017
- An McV Tax AlertJanuary 9, 2017
- An McV Employee Benefits AlertJanuary 9, 2017
- An McV Employee Benefits AlertDecember 19, 2016
- An McV Retail AlertDecember 1, 2016
- An McV Retail AlertDecember 1, 2016
- An McV Tax AlertOctober 26, 2016
- An McV Tax AlertOctober 5, 2016
- An McV Tax AlertOctober 4, 2016
- An McV Tax Litigation AlertAugust 29, 2016
- An McV Tax AlertJune 15, 2016
- An McV Tax AlertJune 13, 2016
- An McV Tax AlertJune 3, 2016
- May 6, 2016
- March 8, 2016
- March 1, 2016
- January 7, 2016
- Tax Litigation, September 9, 2015
- Tax & Retail, January 12, 2015
Bar Admissions
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- U.S. District Court District of Puerto Rico
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
Education
Bachelor's Degree, University of Puerto Rico, 2002
- Major: Accounting
J.D., Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 2006
LL.M., Boston University School of Law, 2009
- Major: Taxation
Certified Legal Specialty
- Civil Law Notary
Memberships
Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants