Honduras
Central America
The quiet story is that Honduras itself taxes territorially and calls you resident after just three months, so a rentista residency can shelter foreign income without any special zone. The loud story is Prospera on Roatan, whose entire legal foundation was annulled by the Supreme Court and now hangs on a billion-dollar arbitration, so nothing inside it deserves the word certain.
General information
This page is orientation, not advice. What actually applies to you depends on your corridor - where you live, your nationality, who employs you and how long you stay. The personal assessment works that out for your exact situation.
At a glance
Remote-work friendliness
Nomad visa
No dedicated nomad visa
Standard visa-free days
90 daysfor many nationalities
Tax complexity
Labor law strength
Healthcare access
Employer complexity
What you would actually pay
The headline rates, and the qualifier that has to travel with them. Every figure comes from Honduras's own cross-checked rules, not from an estimate.
- Income tax
- Territorial. Foreign income of a resident is genuinely untaxed. Honduran income runs exempt up to 25%.
- Corporate tax
- 25%, plus a 5% solidarity surcharge that takes the top to 30%.
- Getting profit out
- Flat 10%, outside the progressive scale.
- Honest all-in
- Zero Honduran tax on foreign earnings, because a resident's foreign income is genuinely untaxed. That is ordinary territorial Honduras, no special zone required.
The catch
Prospera advertises 5% personal, 1% business and a flat USD 5,000, all resting on a statute the Supreme Court annulled, and that USD 5,000 is a credit against tax owed, not a cap on it. You also become tax resident here after roughly three months, before your 90 tourist days are up.
Common risks
Patterns that often catch cross-border workers here. Whether they apply to you depends on your setup.
The Prospera ZEDE framework was annulled by the Supreme Court and no restoring law exists
Tax residency starts after more than three months, far earlier than the usual 183 days
No tax treaty and no social security treaty with the Netherlands, double premiums are the default
Framework memberships
- Bahamas South and Central American visa-free list, 3-month cap
- Costa Rica Group 2 visa-free list
- Schengen visa-exempt third-country nationals
- Schengen visa-exempt third-country nationals
Treaty relationships
What NaVi has mapped between Honduras and other countries. None known means no data yet - not proof that no treaty exists.
- None known
Tax treaty with Netherlands
- None known
Social security agreement with Netherlands
Rule coverage
55 rules in the engine for this country.
Rules are sourced, versioned and reviewed before they count as verified. A personal assessment shows which ones apply to your corridor.