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Employee Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Employee Benefits |
Schedule of provisions for personnel benefits and payroll |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Short-term personnel benefits (a.2) |  | 37,868 |  | 41,728 |
Vacation accrual (a.3) |  | 25,539 |  | 25,159 |
Employee defined benefit plan (a.1)(*) |  | 8,851 |  | 7,676 |
Other Benefits |  | 11,087 |  | 12,065 |
Total |  | 83,345 |  | 86,628 |
(*) See Note No. 2 (ac) (iii)
Schedule of employee defined benefit plan |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Current service cost |  | 59 |  | (86 | )
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  | 369 |  | 343 |
Actuarial gains and losses |  | (169 | ) | (164 | )
Net benefit expense |  | 259 |  | 93 |
Schedule of principal assumptions used in determining pension obligations for the Bank's plan |
|  | December 31, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | % |  | % |
Discount rate |  | 4.29 |  | 4.53 |
Annual salary increase |  | 4.56 |  | 4.14 |
Payment probability |  | 99.99 |  | 99.99 |
Schedule of changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Opening defined benefit obligation, January 1, |  | 10,728 |  | 8,851 |
Contributions by the employer |  | 428 |  | 257 |
Benefits paid |  | (2,136 | ) | (1,268 | )
Actuarial gains and losses |  | (169 | ) | (164 | )
Closing defined benefit obligation |  | 8,851 |  | 7,676 |
Schedule of changes in provisions for incentive plans |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Balances as of January 1, |  | 34,307 |  | 37,868 |
Provisions established |  | 37,339 |  | 36,171 |
Provisions used |  | (33,778 | ) | (32,311 | )
Provisions released |  | — |  | — |
Balances as of December 31, |  | 37,868 |  | 41,728 |
Schedule of changes in provisions for vacation |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Balances as of January 1, |  | 25,480 |  | 25,539 |
Provisions established |  | 5,932 |  | 5,626 |
Provisions used |  | (5,873 | ) | (6,006 | )
Provisions released |  | — |  | — |
Balances as of December 31, |  | 25,539 |  | 25,159 |

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