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
- 53.9%vs 53.7%
- YOU KEEP / YR
- €460,500
- VS FRANCE / YR
- −€2,609
- OVER 10 YEARS
- -€26K
0% income tax… except for French nationals, who stay taxed as if they lived in France. A 1963 France–Monaco treaty says French citizens living in Monaco keep paying French income tax.
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 |
| Monaco profits tax (ISB 25%) | −€250,000 |
| Income tax on dividends (flat 12.8%) | −€96,000 |
| High-income surcharge (CEHR 3–4%) | −€17,500 |
| 20% minimum tax top-up (CDHR) | −€36,500 |
| Social contributions (18.6%) | −€139,500 |
| You keep | €460,500 |
- —Own or rent a home in Monaco
- —A reference from a Monaco bank
- —Clean record
THE VERDICT
So… are you leaving?
I'M STAYING FOR…
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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.