DÉPARTSby @tibo_maker

PARIS → ANYWHERE · 2026 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, 7.4% total tax vs 53.4% at home. Over 10 years that's €2.3M, or a croissant every 3 minutes 🥐

DÉPARTS
DEPARTURES · FROM PARIS
DESTINATIONVS FRANCE
🇫🇷STAYING · 53.4% TAX
●LAST CALLbiggest saving●BOARDINGyou'd keep more●DELAYEDbarely worth it●TURN BACKyou'd pay more●CANCELLEDFrench nationals still pay French tax

Tap a destination to see the ticket.

BOARDING PASS · DÉPARTSBOARDING
PAR
🇫🇷 Paris
ZRH
🇨🇭 Zug
TOTAL TAX
21.1%vs 53.4%
YOU KEEP / YR
€394,314
VS FRANCE / YR
+€161,454
OVER 10 YEARS
+€1.61M

11.7% corporate tax · dividends only partly taxed (70% federal, 50% cantonal) · capped around 13%. In Zug, even companies pay church tax. It's in the corporate rate.

ENTRY TICKET
B permit (EU free movement)
CHF 65 permit fee + ≈ CHF 2–5k to form a GmbH (its CHF 20k capital stays yours)
Fees, gone for good.
TIMELINE
A few weeks
PAYS BACK IN
7 days
SEAT 1A€500K PROFIT

Where your €500K goes

Corporate taxIncome taxSocial contributionsYou keep
🇫🇷 Francekeep 47%
🇨🇭 Zugkeep 79%
FRANCE
Profit€500,000
Corporate tax (IS 15% → 25%)−€120,750
Income tax on dividends (flat 12.8%)−€48,544
High-income surcharge (CEHR 3–4%)−€3,878
20% minimum tax top-up (CDHR)−€23,429
Social contributions (18.6%)−€70,541
You keep€232,860
ZUG
Profit€500,000
Corporate tax (11.7% all-in)−€58,535
Federal tax on 70% of dividends−€26,490
Canton + city tax on 50% of dividends−€20,662
You keep€394,314
🧳WHAT IT TAKES
  • —A real business: commercial register entry
  • —Recognised as self-employed by the social security office
  • —Proof of income or assets
⚠️THE CATCH
Zero salary isn't realistic in Switzerland: social security can reclassify big dividends as salary. Wealth tax isn't counted either. And francs go fast in Zug.
🧾EXIT TAX
You own 100%, so France's exit tax on your shares applies. Outside the EU you usually have to request the deferral and give guarantees. It's wiped if you keep your shares 2 years after leaving (5 if they're worth over €2.57M).
🔗SOURCES

THE VERDICT

So… are you leaving?

I'M STAYING FOR…

Leaving France would save me €161,454 a year. I'm staying anyway. For the croissants 🥐
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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.

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Healthcare

Public health insurance that doesn't care how your MRR is doing.

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R&D tax credits

CIR / CII and JEI status can claw back a real chunk of what you spend building.

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Bpifrance

Grants and loans for founders that most countries simply don't have.

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Schools

Free public schools and near-free universities, if kids are in the plan.

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Your people

Family, friends and Sunday lunches don't fit in a spreadsheet.

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The bread

Find a better €1.30 croissant. We'll wait.