By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Focus Gaming News reported that Diego Schalper asked Chile’s comptroller to review SII’s VAT arrangements for foreign betting platforms. SII maintained that tax collection does not authorise or legalise the underlying activity.
The review request challenges the tax treatment of foreign betting platforms before sector legislation is settled.
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The court challenges may affect how blocking orders apply to online betting operators in Chile.
The proposals would require operators to establish a local presence and face additional taxation under Chile’s planned online gambling framework.
Online betting platforms face VAT collection that SII says does not legitimise their activities, while deputies seek withdrawal.
The proposal would restrict payment services for illegal online casinos in Chile.
Betting platforms adopting new domains face potential further blocking if Subtel extends restrictions to additional domains validated by the SCJ.
Internet providers must implement DNS blocking within 48 hours for 42 overseas gambling websites following court decisions.