tiagoabner wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:43 pm
Space Cat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:09 pm
You just issue your boletas to a universal RUT for these purposes.
In "My SII":
- "Emitir boleta de honorarios electrónica", click "Por contribuyente" (as usual, I suppose).
- Select the second option "El contribuyente emisor será quien se encargue del pago provisional mensual correspondiente al 10%." because you'll be paying the 10% retention.
- Enter the universal RUT: 44.444.446-0 (note that it's specifically for boletas, facturas to foreign clients require another universal RUT).
- Enter the name and address of your client, including the country (I just use "EE.UU." for the US).
- Set the "Región" to "Metropolitana de Santiago" and "Comuna" to "Santiago".
- Enter the amount in CLP, I just use today's exchange rate even if I don't plan to convert the money from USD to CLP.
These are the instructions I got from an accountant who has experience with freelancers, and then I double-checked the RUT by calling to SII's hotline.
Reviving this topic due to it's relevance to my current situation.
@Space Cat: how did it work regarding IVA/VAT? Were you able to get an exemption due to you exporting services to clients abroad, or did you need to charge and pay IVA/VAT on your invoices?
you have to incorporate if you are doing anything related to IVA.
services are not taxed with IVA
now, there is a big of grey zone here, and we run in to it with various clients in the IT industry and similar.
Here is an example.
If you are providing services to a company, say programming a piece of code on software they own, that would be an exported service. No iva
however, if you say programmed your own video game, and sold that over seas, that would be exporting a product. IVA applies.
Now, in practice, the SII does not generally slice the bread that thin, but they are fully able to if they wanted.