PwC Chile

Bearing in mind that nowadays more than half of the population of the US plays video games and that live gaming events have been watched more than the NBA finals, the importance of the video game industry and its impact on the market has increased substantially during recent years.

The Chilean IRS issued Circular Letter No 57 on December 7 2017 regarding the concept of permanent establishment (PE) for purposes of obtaining a Chilean identification number when non-resident, non-domiciled individuals or legal entities initiate business activities in Chile.

Chile’s tax reform, within its latest and more important updates, incorporated a general anti-avoidance regulation through which it established that the tax obligations can be enforced according to the legal nature of the facts, acts, or business, without attending to their form, denomination or to the defects that could affect them.