PARIS → ANYWHERE · OCTOBER 20262026 RATES
How much would leaving France save you?
Argentina sells citizenship for $350k. Qatar invests up to $5.5M in startups that move there. Dubai has no income tax. Put in your profit and see what you'd actually keep in 17 places.
My company makes profit a year, and I'm .
LEAVING FRANCE WOULD SAVE YOU
PER YEAR
Best route: 🇦🇪 Dubai, 8.2% total tax vs 53.7% at home. Over 10 years that's €4.55M, or a croissant every 2 minutes 🥐
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- TOTAL TAX
- 39.5%vs 53.7%
- YOU KEEP / YR
- €605,432
- VS FRANCE / YR
- +€142,323
- OVER 10 YEARS
- +€1.42M
19% IRC (15% on the first €50k) + 1.5% Lisbon surtax · dividends: 28% flat, or 50% of them at progressive rates. The famous NHR regime is gone, and its successor (IFICI) only covers salaries — not dividends.
Where your €1M goes
| Profit | €1,000,000 |
| Corporate tax (IS 15% → 25%) | −€245,750 |
| Income tax on dividends (flat 12.8%) | −€96,544 |
| High-income surcharge (CEHR 3–4%) | −€17,670 |
| 20% minimum tax top-up (CDHR) | −€36,636 |
| Social contributions (18.6%) | −€140,291 |
| You keep | €463,110 |
| Profit | €1,000,000 |
| Corporate tax (IRC 15% / 19% + surcharges) | −€203,000 |
| Income tax on 50% of dividends (progressive option) | −€191,568 |
| You keep | €605,432 |
- —Passport or ID card + Portuguese tax number (NIF)
- —Lease or deed
- —Proof of means or work
THE VERDICT
So… are you leaving?
I'M STAYING FOR…
This is the card people see when you share the link.
THE OTHER COLUMN
What you keep by staying.
The board only counts tax. Here's the part that doesn't fit in a spreadsheet.
Public health insurance that doesn't care how your MRR is doing.
CIR / CII and JEI status can claw back a real chunk of what you spend building.
Grants and loans for founders that most countries simply don't have.
Free public schools and near-free universities, if kids are in the plan.
Family, friends and Sunday lunches don't fit in a spreadsheet.
Find a better €1.30 croissant. We'll wait.