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We approach each audit with sharp thought, straight talk and common sense. In addition to verifying that financial results are fairly presented and meet...

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Tax is a key part of our organization. Our award-winning teams can offer you a range of solutions, whatever the size of your business or the challenges you’re...

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Through our global organisation of member firms, we support both companies and individuals, providing insightful solutions to minimise the tax burden for both parties.
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Tax incentives
Navigating the complex landscape of tax incentives in Puerto Rico can be challenging. Whether you're looking to benefit from the Export Services Act (Act 20), the Individual Investors Act (Act 22), or other incentives under Act 60, we provide tailored advice to help you maximize your tax benefits and ensure compliance. Let us help you unlock the potential of doing business in Puerto Rico.
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Kevane Grant Thornton is an International Business Center within the Grant Thornton network. Our expert team provides integrated solutions to help Puerto Rico businesses navigate the complex issues that arise when developing global businesses.

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Tax Insight SUT Considerations for Beneficiaries of Puerto Rico Tax Incentives

Puerto Rico offers various tax exemption grants to eligible entities, providing significant tax advantages and growth opportunities. Knowing the Sales and Use Tax (“SUT”) implications for entities that are beneficiaries of tax exemption grants is crucial for effective planning, establishing goals, and strategies, as well as minimizing the impact on the organization's finances.

Javier Oyola

| 1 min read | 31 Jul 2025

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Technology Advisory
We provide comprehensive solutions to safeguard your business and ensure operational resilience and compliance. Our expert team offers a range of technology advisory services designed to address your cybersecurity needs, enhance business continuity, and manage security effectively.
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Transactions are significant events in the life of a business – a successful deal that can have a lasting impact on the future shape of the organizations involved. Because the stakes are high for both buyers and sellers, experience, determination and pragmatism are required to bring deals safely through to conclusion.
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Advisory article SOC 2: Strengthen security and stand out in the market

SOC 2 reporting is used to assess how service organizations protect customer data. Kevane Grant Thornton's advisory team can help streamline your organization’s controls and processes to protect your brand's reputation and build trust.

Jorge Paredes

| 3 min read | 18 Aug 2025

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Consumer products & retail / wholesale

Emerging markets and shifting consumer demand are creating new opportunities in food and beverage, with business leaders investing in new products, markets and...

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Financial services

Optimism is slowly returning to the global economy, but the financial services industry needs to regain the trust of public and private bodies. To succeed,...

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Technology, media & telecommunications

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Real estate & construction

While the impact of the prolonged downturn continues to be felt, pockets of opportunity and optimism have emerged within the retail estate and construction...

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Travel, tourism & leisure

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Jorge is an advisory manager with over twenty-five years of experience in public and private accounting.

Mr. Paredes’s experience includes providing services to clients in the bank, government, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and service industries.

As a consultant, he has provided a wide range of services such as information technology audits and risk assessments, implementation of Sarbanes Oxley and internal audit consultations, due diligences, and business processes audits. Also, he has executed information technology control reviews and made corrective actions.

Memberships

Information Security Auditor and Control Association

Qualifications

BBA, major in accounting
MSc, information technology
CISA

Latest Articles

Advisory article SOC 2: Strengthen security and stand out in the market

Jorge Paredes

| 3 min read | 18 Aug 2025

Advisory Article Manage the business risks behind cybersecurity

You didn’t go into business to manage cybersecurity. Still, your business needs to manage cybersecurity if it manages data — and almost every business manages data.

| 2 min read | 21 Jun 2022

Advisory Article Upgrade your data governance

To effectively use and control data, businesses need effective data governance. The journey to effective data governance requires each business to identify its unique considerations, roles and rules that inform its principles of value and security.

| 6 min read | 18 Apr 2022

Advisory Article Who will mind the models?

Strategies for Deploying Model Risk Management.

| 4 min read | 18 Mar 2022

Advisory Alert Increase preparedness for Cybersecurity attacks

In the recent events between Ukraine and Russia, the government and private organizations observed an increase in cybersecurity attacks that has been mostly used to target organizations in Ukraine and that may spread to other countries.

| 2 min read | 10 Mar 2022