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The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico reversed the Court of Appeals and upheld the municipality's right to impose municipal patent taxes on the gross income from interest rate swap contracts, requiring Royal Bank of Canada to pay taxes based on the full amount of interests received, not just the net amount after offsetting gains and losses.
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