During the afternoon of this Tuesday, it was known that the Internal Revenue Service (SII) would have made a “pardon” to María Verónica Pinochet Hiriart, daughter of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, a situation that was denied by the body.
The information was published by the newspaper The second, which specified that After considering that it presents “antecedents that make the omission in which it incurred excusable”, in May 2021, the SII waived 100% of interest and 100% of fines owed by María Verónica Pinochet.
It should be noted that for reasons of the Personal Data Protection Law, The amounts forgiven were not reported.
Furthermore, according to the information published on the SII Transparency website, Said request for forgiveness entered the Santiago Centro Metropolitan Regional Directorate on May 11, 2021 and is related to eleven spins made by Pinochet Hiriart, which represent a tax payment order issued by the Treasury.
SII denied said “sorry”
Consulted in this regard, from the SII they clarified to DNA that there was no such “pardon” for Augusto Pinochet’s daughter and through the aforementioned medium they clarified that the current policy pursues “Favor the good taxpayer”, facilitating the regularization of debts with the State.
It was even detailed that the benefit applied to María Pinochet Hiriart It operates only when the taxpayer pays the respective draft with the new reduced amount, since they explained that the waivers always translate into effective income to the fiscal coffers.
Along the same lines, the SII assured that Most of the benefited taxpayers correspond to the microenterprise and SME segments, followed by individuals and large companies.
Tax Modernization Law
Indeed, hours later, the Service published a statement stating that “the cancellation of Verónica Pinochet corresponded to the strict application of the Tax Modernization Law“.
According to the SII, the benefit “allows any taxpayer, who meets the requirements, early termination of a claim for tax settlements or drafts on the basis that, recognizing the tax debt duly adjusted, you are granted full forgiveness of interest and penalties“.
“Regarding this specific case, the taxpayer requested to avail himself of this benefit within the legal term. In his request, and in accordance with the provisions of the standard, he voluntarily acknowledged the debt and its legal adjustments and accepted the acts claimed, waiving to request any subsequent review, and guaranteed payment of disputed taxes, duly readjusted “, pointed out from the SII.
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