REGIME COMPARISON Regime A Regime A Company Attribution
REGIME COMPARISON Regime “A” Regime A Company Attribution 100% Property Regime “B” $100 25% $25 Net taxable income CT rate* CT 100% Credit $100 35% $35 ($25) $100 27% $27 65% Credit WHT or GCT tax base WHT or GCT tax rate* WHT or GCT CT Credit Amount to be paid Regime B Company 100% Property Effective Distribution $100 35% $35 ($17. 55) $17. 45 • Regime “A”: Effective income regime according to full accounting records, with a full Corporate Tax (“CT”) imputation as credit against the final taxes, established in letter A) of Article 14 of the ITL, also named “Attributed Income”. • Regime “B”: Effective income regime according to full accounting records, with partial CT imputation as credit against the final taxes, established in letter B) of Article 14 of the ITL, also named “Semi-integrated”. • During 2016, the CT rate will be 2016 for both regimes. From 2017 onwards, the applicable rate for taxpayers subject to Regime A will be 25%. The CT rate applicable to taxpayers subject to Regime B will be 25. 5% during 2017 and 27% from 2018 onwards. • The applicable final tax will be: (1) Global Complementary Tax (“GCT”) if the shareholder is a taxpayer domiciled or resident in Chile, or (2) Withholding Tax (“WHT”) if the shareholder is a taxpayer NOT domiciled nor resident in Chile. The GCT is a progressive tax which maximum rate will be 35% from 2017 onwards. 1
COMPARISON SHAREHOLDER RESIDENT IN A TAX TREATY VS. NON-TAX TREATY JURISDICTION Shareholder Resident in a Non-Tax Treaty Jurisdiction Shareholder Resident in a Tax Treaty Jurisdiction Operating Company Net Taxable Income 100 Corporate Tax (27%)* 27 Remaining 73 Profits for Distribution 73 Distribution Holding Received Dividends Taxables Holding 73 Received Dividends 0 Corporate Tax (27%) Credit (27%) Tax Due 0 OFF SHORE CHILE 27 0 Remaining 73 Profits for Distribution 73 Taxables 0 Corporate Tax (27%) 0 Credit (27%) Holding Tax Due Distribution Gross Up (+ 27) Withholding Tax (35%) Credit (27%*65%) 27 0 Remaining 73 Profits for Distribution 73 Foreign Company / Shareholder Distributed Dividends 73 Foreign Company / Shareholder 73 100 35 (18) Distributed Dividends Operating Company Gross Up (+ 27) Withholding Tax (35%) Credit (27%*100%) Tax Due 17 Tax Due Received Dividend 56 Received Dividend Total Tax Burden = 44. 45% 73 100 35 (27) 8 65 Total Tax Burden = 35% * The Regime B Corporate Tax rate will be 25. 5% during 2017 and 27% from 2018 onwards. 2
REGIME “A” Partners are exclusively individuals domiciled or resident in Chile Partners are exclusively taxpayers not domiciled nor resident in Chile Partners are exclusively individuals domiciled or resident in Chile and/or taxpayers not domiciled nor resident in Chile CHILE FOR. CHILE CHILE CHILE CORPORATION FOR. CHILE
REGIME “B” CHILE FOR. CHILE CHILE FOR. CHILE CORPORATION CHILE FOR. CHILE
Tax Imputation Rules applicable to Withdrawals in Attributed Income Regime (*) Tax Imputation Registry 1° RAP Own attributed taxable income (1) (3) 2° FUF Differences between accelerated depreciation including FUF balance at December 31, 2016 (2) REX 1° Income exempt from GCT or WHT (own or from others), including FUNT balance as of December 31, 2016 (3) 4° N/A 2° Non taxable income (own or from others) including FUNT balance as of December 31, 2016 (3) Not imputed to any registry (2) 5° N/A 3° Description and normal depreciation, Adjusted social capital (4) Exempt from final taxes (GCT or WHT) Subject to final taxes (GCT or WHT) (*) Withdrawals in the Attributed Income Regime define their taxation at the end of the year in which they occur. (1) These profits were already subject to taxes at the moment of their attribution. Therefore, the effective withdrawal of the same is not subject to taxation. (2) In case of withdrawals, remittances or distributions subject to final taxes, taxpayers may use the credits to which they are entitled, which are accumulated in the balance of credits; If there are no credits left, the transitional rules of the Tax Reform also allow to use the credits associated to the historical FUT. Both types of credits are part of the SAC Registry. If withdrawals, remittances or distributions are perceived by an individual entrepreneur (Corporate Tax taxpayer), these are incorporated into his NTI. (3) If they are perceived by an individual entrepreneur (Corporate Tax taxpayer), they are incorporated to REX Registry. (4) Only applicable in case of capital reduction. These amounts are exempt from taxation provided that they do not correspond to capitalized profits subject to taxes.
Tax Imputation Rules applicable to Withdrawals in Semi Integrated Regime (*) Tax Imputation Registry Description 1° RAI Taxable income, including the FUT balance as of December 31, 2016 (1) 2° FUF Differences between accelerated depreciation and normal depreciation, including FUF balance at December 31, 2016 (1) 3° REX 1° Income exempt from GCT or WHT (own or from others), including FUNT balance as of December 31, 2016 (2) 2° Non taxable income (own or from others) including FUNT balance as of December 31, 2016 (2) 4° RAI/FUF/REX (at the end of the business year) 5° N/A 6° N/A “Provisional withdrawals” during the business year (4) Amounts subject to taxation once withdrawn (1) Adjusted social capital (3) Exempt from final taxes (GCT or WHT) Subject to final taxes (GCT or WHT) (*) As a general rule, withdrawals in the Semi Integrated Regime define their taxation at the date of their occurrence. (1) In the case of withdrawals, remittances or distributions subject to final taxes, the credits to which they are entitled, accumulated in the balance of credits, can be used; If there are no credits left, the transitional rules of the Tax Reform also allow to use the credits associated to the historical FUT. Both types of credits are part of the SAC Registry. If withdrawals, remittances or distributions are perceived by a taxpayer of the Attributed Income Regime, these are incorporated into its NTI and in case they are perceived by a taxpayer of the Semi Integrated Regime, only the Corporate Tax credit will be registered in its SAC Registry. (2) If they are perceived by a Corporate Tax taxpayer, they are incorporated in the REX Registry. (3) Only applicable in case of capital reduction. These amounts are exempt from taxation provided that they do not correspond to capitalized profits subject to taxes. (4) They must be added to the tax capital for the purposes of calculating the RAI Registry at the end of each business year.
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