Chile: Obligation to issue tax receipts for all transactions, regardless of amount

The minimum amount for which taxpayers must issue tax receipts was reduced from $180 to $1.

The minimum amount for which taxpayers must issue tax receipts was reduced from $180 to $1

The minimum amount for which taxpayers must issue tax receipts was reduced from $180 to $1—effective 1 July 2023.

Taxpayers thus must issue tax receipts for all transactions subject to or exempt from value added tax (VAT), regardless of their amount. For transactions with an amount of $0, as a result of the application of discounts or some other condition of sale or provision of service, the tax receipt must be issued informing the amount of the discount applied.

Read a June 2023 report (Spanish and English) [PDF 1.3 MB] prepared by the KPMG member firm in Chile

Other tax-related topics discussed in this report include:

  • Merger of company that indirectly holds assets in Chile
  • Test receipts do not constitutes sales subject to VAT
  • Application of VAT to receipt of property by society of professionals as payment for services
  • Interest derived form mutual credit operation between related parties
  • Calculation of savings incentive for companies with annual gross income less than 100,000 UF
  • Extension of the payment date of a loan executed after 1 March 2020 and application of the 4% additional tax rate to interest
  • Taxation of the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
  • Establishing a permanent establishment in accordance with an income tax treaty and domestic law
  • Credit established in the Austral Law

 

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