Chile¶

Modules¶

Install the following modules to utilize all the features of the Chilean localization.

Name	Technical name	Description
Chile - Accounting	`l10n_cl`	Adds the minimal accounting features required for a company to operate in Chile under the SII regulations and guidelines.

Note

Odoo automatically installs the appropriate package for the company according to the country selected at the creation of the database.
Electronic invoicing with the SII (DTE emission and reception, CAF folios, electronic receipts, delivery guides, electronic exports, the eCommerce and Point of Sale electronic documents) and the Propuesta F29 / Balance Tributario (8 columnas) reports are not available in this edition. Documents are numbered with the SII document types and printed by Odoo; the electronic documents must be issued through the SII portal (Facturación MiPyme) or another certified system.

Company information¶

Navigate to Settings ‣ Companies: Update Info and ensure the following company information is up-to-date and correctly filled in:

Company Name
Address:
- Street
- City
- State
- ZIP
- Country
Tax ID: enter the company’s RUT; the Identification Number type must be RUT.
Company Activity Description: enter a short description of the company’s activity.

Fiscal information¶

On the company’s partner record (Contacts ‣ (your company)), select the Taxpayer Type that applies:

VAT Affected (1st Category): for invoices that charge taxes to customers
Fees Receipt Issuer (2nd category): for suppliers who issue fees receipt (Boleta)
End Consumer: only issues receipts
Foreigner

The taxpayer type of the company and of the partner determine which document types can be used on an invoice or bill.

Multicurrency¶

Currency rates can be updated automatically with the eYssen currency rate updater module (see Automatic update); the Chilean central bank / mindicador.cl service is not among its providers, so the rates come from a generic provider (e.g., xe.com) or must be entered manually.

Partner information¶

Open the Contacts app and fill in the following fields on a new or existing contact form so that the right document type is proposed on invoices and bills:

Name
Email
Identification Number (type RUT for Chilean companies) and the number
Taxpayer Type
Activity Description

screenshot: finance-fl-chile-partner-fields

menu: Contacts ‣ (a Chilean customer) ‣ Sales & Purchase tab
shows: A contact form for a Chilean company with the Identification Number type "RUT" and number, and in the Sales & Purchase tab the "Taxpayer Type" (VAT Affected (1st Category)) and "Activity Description" fields.
highlight: The "Taxpayer Type" and "Activity Description" fields.
data: Contact "Comercial Ejemplo SpA", RUT 76.123.456-7.
module: l10n_cl
notes: English UI, light theme, 1440px width.

Document types¶

Accounting documents are categorized by SII-defined document types.

Document types are created automatically upon installation of the localization module, and can be managed by navigating to Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Document Types.

screenshot: finance-fl-chile-document-types

menu: Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Document Types
shows: The Document Types list of the Chilean localization (Name, Doc Code Prefix, Country, Internal Type, SII code) e.g. "(33) Factura Electrónica", "(61) Nota de Crédito Electrónica", with the Active toggle column.
data: Demo company "YourCompany CL".
module: l10n_cl, l10n_latam_invoice_document
notes: English UI, light theme, 1440px width.

Note

Several document types are inactive by default but can be activated by toggling the Active option.

Use on invoices¶

The document type on each transaction is determined by:

The journal related to the invoice, identifying if the journal uses documents.
The condition applied based on the type of issuer and recipient (e.g., the buyer or vendor’s fiscal regime).

Journals¶

Sales journals in Odoo usually represent a business unit or location.

Example

Ventas Santiago.
Ventas Valparaiso.

For retail stores it is common to have one journal per POS.

Example

Cashier 1.
Cashier 2.

The purchase transactions can be managed with a single journal, but sometimes companies use more than one journal in order to handle some accounting transactions that are not related to vendor bills. This configuration can easily be set by using the following model.

Example

Tax payments to the government.
Employees payments.

Create a sales journal¶

To create a sales journal, navigate to Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Journals. Then, click the New button, and fill in the following required information:

Type: select Sale from the drop-down menu for customer invoice journals.
Use Documents: check this field if the journal will use document types. This field is only applicable to purchase and sales journals that can be related to the different sets of document types available in Chile. By default, all the sales journals created will use documents.

Next, from the Journal Entries tab, define the Default Income Account and Dedicated Credit Note Sequence in the Accounting Information section.

Each document type used in the journal gets its own sequence (folio). When the first document of a type is created, edit its number to continue the folio range authorized by the SII for the company.

Chart of accounts¶

The chart of accounts is installed by default as part of the data set included in the localization module. The accounts are mapped automatically in:

Taxes
Default Account Payable
Default Account Receivable
Transfer Accounts
Conversion Rate

Taxes¶

As part of the localization module, taxes are created automatically with their related financial account and configuration. These taxes can be managed from Accounting ‣ Configuration ‣ Taxes.

Chile has several tax types, the most common ones are:

VAT: the regular VAT can have several rates.
ILA: the tax for alcoholic drinks.