Tag Archives: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Tax on digital platforms could collect USD 40 million per year in Chile

According to estimations made by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), applying taxes to digital platforms will allow Chile to collect USD 40 million per year. The figure is lower than the one calculated by the Government, when it presented a measure referred to the Tax Reform, in which it indicated [...]

Ecuadorian Government would collect taxes from OTTs

From 2020, Ecuadorian Government analyzes to tax digital platforms, with the aim of raising its tax collection by 1.5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The proposal, which came up after an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be sent to the National Assembly in order to be discussed and approved in the [...]

Peru could also collect taxes from OTTs

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a report that suggests that Peru would collect taxes from Netflix and other apps, and argued that if the measure is implemented, the country could raise more than USD 35 million per year. In its report Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean [...]