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Chile VAT Rates 2026

Chile levies Value Added Tax as IVA (Impuesto al Valor Agregado). The standard rate is 19%, applied to most goods and services. Chile applies a single flat rate with no reduced rates.

Registration and filing

Access rates via API

The TaxID API returns current VAT and GST rates for 200+ countries and territories. Use the /api/v1/rates/CL endpoint to get Chile data programmatically. Responses are cached for 24 hours.

curl http://localhost:3000/api/v1/rates/CL
# No authentication required for rate lookups

# Response:
# { "country_code": "CL", "tax_type": "vat",
#   "standard_rate": 19, "reduced_rates": [],
#   "currency": "CLP", "last_updated": "2026-06-12" }

Fetching the rate in code

// Fetch current Chile VAT rates (no auth required)
const rates = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/api/v1/rates/CL').then(r => r.json());
// → { standard_rate: 19, reduced_rates: [],
//     currency: 'CLP' }

applyRate(rates.standard_rate);

About Chile VAT

Chile was the world's e-invoicing pioneer — electronic invoicing through the SII began in 2003 and became universal in 2018, so the authority pre-fills most VAT returns from invoice data. The 19% rate applies with no reduced bands, and since 2023 it covers virtually all services after Chile abolished one of the world's last broad service exemptions. Foreign digital platforms have collected Chilean IVA on B2C sales since 2020 under a simplified regime that now spans marketplaces and low-value imports.

VAT in Chile is administered by the Servicio de Impuestos Internos (SII).

Sources: PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries · Servicio de Impuestos Internos (accessed Jun 2026)

Rate history

• 2003Rate raised from 18% to 19%
• 2023IVA extended to virtually all services, ending a historic services exemption

Frequently asked questions

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