If you are a Chilean citizen by birth or naturalized or if you are a foreigner and you are interested in opening your own company or business. Or you simply want to invest in a certain company in this country, you will surely want to know how the Chilean tax system is governed.
In Chile, as in all countries, there are institutions that regulate the collection of taxes, which are necessary for the stability and sustainability of its economic system. In this field you will read and hear a lot about the RUT and the SII.
What are the RUT and the SII?
The RUT is the acronym for the Sole Tributary Role. This is a system created by Chilean law that records the names and tax conditions of all taxpayers in the country, whether individuals or companies.
Every taxpayer must have their RUT updated, you must take care not to forget your data so as not to have problems later when updating. In this way, you will be able to check your own tax status and know if you have to make adjustments in your tax payments to the national treasury and avoid penalties.
But in addition, this will allow third parties to consult the tax situation of a person or company with which you want to do business or invest and evaluate its economic stability in order to invest safely. To obtain the RUT it is necessary to appear registered in the SII.
The SII is the acronym for the Internal Revenue Service of Chile. It is the body that is responsible for applying and supervising everything that has to do with the payment of taxes. Records the tax status of taxpayers whether they are natural or legal persons.
If you know the RUT identification number of a taxpayer, whether natural or legal, you can find out what their tax status is by accessing the portal and entering the requested data. Of course this information has its parameters on data protection. So you may not get such detailed information.
If you want more extensive information on any taxpayer, you can enter the official page of the SII and place the RUT of the same. The system will inform you of the taxpayer’s tax status at the time of making the query. This is especially important if you intend to do business with it.
But, what happens if you don’t know the RUT of a company or business with which you plan to do business? Is it possible to find out your RUT online knowing only its name registered in the SII? If possible, let’s see how.
How to find out the RUT of a company just by knowing its name in the SII?
There are several options to be able to obtain the RUT of a taxpayer online knowing their name registered in the Internal Revenue Service (SII). One of them and the most used is to use a web router from Chile.
These are portals that have databases of taxpayers registered in the SII and that can offer you information about them such as their RUT, name, etc. Without having to go to the offices of the institution, all online.
To obtain the RUT of a company by this means, you only have to enter the portal of one of these routers that are available on the web. Place the search option, in this case the name of the company registered in the SII, press search and the search results will appear.
The portal will give you information about the company such as its RUT number, the commercial branch to which it is dedicated, if it is a for-profit foundation, etc. If you only put the initial name of the company, all the ones that start with the same will appear. You just have to determine which of them is the one that interests you based on the other data you know.
You should bear in mind that these online services make it easier for you to research information about your own tax status if you are a taxpayer or that of third parties. But it also provides personal data that must be protected. Especially if you use a Wi-Fi network.
