https://blog.novatax.cl/en/tags/history/Recent content in History on NovaTax BlogHugoen-usWed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.novatax.cl/en/historia-ley-id/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.novatax.cl/en/historia-ley-id/<p>The <a href="https://blog.novatax.cl/en/ley-id-chile/">R&amp;D Law</a> we know today is not the one enacted in 2008. Understanding how it changed helps explain why it works the way it does, and why people are still debating how to improve it.</p> <h2 id="2008-a-law-built-only-for-outsourcing">2008: a law built only for &ldquo;outsourcing&rdquo;</h2> <p>Law 20,241 was passed in 2008 with a clear goal: increase private investment in research and development in a country that invested very little. But its original design was narrow:</p>