The initial agreement between agents representing the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (Cofina, Spanish acronym) and the central government, and that would put an end to the dispute over the Sales and Use Tax (SUT), should be interpreted as a step forward in the island's debt restructuring process and, if completed, may represent a relief between $ 7 and $ 8 billion to the Puerto Rican treasury, said Daniel Salinas, one of the attorneys representing the Cofina Senior Bondholders Coalition.