A. M. The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador denied that a tax on remittances has been approved, after information circulated on social networks about an alleged charge. Likewise, the Assembly issued an official statement in which it clarified that no such measure has been taken.
At the same time, it urged the population to be informed only through official channels. In addition, it recalled that in march 2024 a reform was approved which eliminated any tax on capital transfers from abroad.
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele also reacted to the situation and described as “totally false” the version that circulated in networks. “Every day the opposition invents another lie and begins to move it as truth, or at least to generate doubt”, said the president in a message posted on his Facebook account.
Bukele explained that the image used to spread disinformation corresponds to a decree that eliminated taxes on capital repatriation. “There you can clearly read that it is a reform to the income tax that we made last year, where we exclude the payment of capital repatriation”, he emphasized.
The President regretted that there are still people who believe in this type of disinformation and criticized sectors of the opposition for spreading these accusations. “It is difficult to govern if you have to be clarifying every lie. Every day they come out with a new one”, he said.
Remittances represent a key source of income for many families in El Salvador. According to data from the Banco Central de Reserva, in 2024 the country received more than US$8 billion in remittances, mostly from the United States.
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