Bill Would Raise Security-Tax Threshold for Bank Transfers

Published on Honduras Daily · Sep 30, 2026 · Originally reported September 30, 2026 by Congreso Nacional

A bill by Congressman Juan Carlos Lagos would double the security-tax threshold for personal savings-account transactions from about 150,000 lempiras (roughly $6,000) to 300,000 lempiras (roughly $12,000), widening the range subject to the lower two-lempira-per-thousand rate to benefit more Hondurans, the lawmaker says.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for Congreso Nacional, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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