Cross-border personal tax

Where does your money go when you can go anywhere?

Verified tax residency rules, thresholds and rates for people who work across borders. Move the slider — watch your tax bill move.

✓ Written & verified by a licensed Norwegian accountant · sources cited on every page

Annual income€75,000 / year

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Choosing the second would cost you

€450

more tax per year in Georgia vs Cyprus (est., income tax only)

Cyprus€14,550Standard progressive PIT bands

Georgia€15,000Flat personal income tax

Illustrative estimates: income tax only, using the verified regime named per country — excludes social security, deductions, regional variation and eligibility conditions. Not tax advice.

The rates behind the simulator

Country	Regime used	Rate
Cyprus	Standard progressive PIT bands	0–35% (as of 2026)PwC Tax Summaries“72,001 and above: 35%”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
Georgia	Flat personal income tax	20% (as of 2026)PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Personal income is subject to a flat tax rate of 20%.”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
Hungary	Flat personal income tax	15% (as of 2026)PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“The PIT rate is 15% in the case of nearly all types of income.”View source · accessed 2026-10-09
Portugal	IFICI / NHR 2.0 flat rate (qualifying professionals)	20% (as of 2024)Global Citizen Solutions“Taxed at a flat 20% rate on net employment (Category A) or self-employment (Category B) income earned in qualifying activities.”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
Spain	Special expatriate regime (Beckham) — flat up to €600,000	24% (as of 2026)PwC Tax Summaries“The applicable tax rate is 24% for the first EUR 600,000 of taxable income and 47% on any excess”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
United Arab Emirates	No personal income tax	0% (as of 2026)PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“There is currently no personal income tax in the United Arab Emirates. As such, there are no individual tax registration or reporting obligations.”View source · accessed 2026-08-09

The map

Colored by each country’s verified top income tax rate — click a country to open its full guide. More countries appear as their facts clear verification.

Choropleth legend: countries are shaded from 0% (lightest blue) to 50% or more (darkest blue) by verified top personal income tax rate; gray means no verified data yet.

Live country guides

Australiatop rate 45%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“190,000 | – | 51,638 | 45.0”View source · accessed 2026-09-08
Braziltop rate 27.5%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Income tax is normally withheld at source, at rates varying from 0% to 27.5%, depending on the income bracket.”View source · accessed 2026-10-09
Bulgariatop rate 10%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“A flat tax rate of 10% applies to all personal income, with some exceptions.”View source · accessed 2026-10-09
Canadatop rate 33%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Federal taxable income (CAD*) | Tax on first column (CAD) | Tax on excess (%) Over | Not over 0 | 58,523 | 0 | 14.0 58,523 | 117,045 | 8,193 | 20.5 117,045 | 181,440 | 20,190 | 26.0 181,440 | 258,482 | 36,933 | 29.0 258,482 | | 59,275 | 33.0”View source · accessed 2026-09-18
Colombiatop rate 39%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“0 to 1,090 = 0%; 1,090 to 1,700 = 19%; 1,700 to 4,100 = 28%; 4,100 to 8,670 = 33%; 8,670 to 18,970 = 35%; 18,970 to 31,000 = 37%; 31,000 and up = 39%”View source · accessed 2026-09-08
Costa Ricatop rate 25%Ministerio de Hacienda de Costa Rica“Sobre el exceso de ¢4.727.000,00 (cuatro millones setecientos veintisiete mil colones) mensuales 25%”View source · accessed 2026-09-26
Croatiatop rate 33%Zakon.hr (consolidated legislation, Narodne novine)“4. Grad Zagreb − nižu stopu u granicama od 15 % do 23 % te višu stopu u granicama od 25 % do 33 %.”View source · accessed 2026-09-26
Cyprustop rate 35%PwC Tax Summaries“72,001 and above: 35%”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
Estoniatop rate 22%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Estonia has a proportional (i.e. flat) tax rate of 22%, which applies to all items of income derived by a resident taxpayer.”View source · accessed 2026-10-09
Francetop rate 49%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Rates are progressive from 0% to 45%, plus a surtax of 3% on the portion of income that exceeds 250,000 euros (EUR) for a single person and EUR 500,000 for a couple subject to joint taxation and of 4% for income that exceeds EUR 500,000 for a single person and EUR 1 million for a couple subject to joint taxation.”View source · accessed 2026-09-26
Georgiatop rate 20%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Personal income is subject to a flat tax rate of 20%.”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
Germanytop rate 45%PwC Tax Summaries“68,430 277,825 136,860 555,650 42 277,826 and above 555,652 and above 45”View source · accessed 2026-08-21
Greecetop rate 44%PwC Tax Summaries“Next 20,000 39 7,800 60,000 16,700 Above 60,000 44”View source · accessed 2026-08-21
Hungarytop rate 15%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“The PIT rate is 15% in the case of nearly all types of income.”View source · accessed 2026-10-09
Indonesiatop rate 35%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Up to IDR 60 million: 5%, above IDR 60 million up to IDR 250 million: 15%, above IDR 250 million up to IDR 500 million: 25%, above IDR 500 million up to IDR 5 billion: 30%, above IDR 5 billion: 35%”View source · accessed 2026-09-18
Irelandtop rate 52.2%Irish Revenue Commissioners“Any income above your standard rate band is taxed at the higher rate of Income Tax, which is currently 40%.”View source · accessed 2026-09-19
Italytop rate 43%PwC Tax Summaries“28,001 to 50,000 33% Over 50,000 43%”View source · accessed 2026-08-21
Japantop rate 55.945%Ministry of Finance Japan (Learning More About Taxes, June 2024)“For income from 2015, a new tax rate of 45% was created for taxable income exceeding 40 million yen to revive income redistribution function of the tax system.”View source · accessed 2026-09-26
Malaysiatop rate 30%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Residents: 30”View source · accessed 2026-10-09
Maltatop rate 35%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“ranging from 0% to 35%. The 35% tax bracket is reached at annual chargeable income in excess of EUR 60,000”View source · accessed 2026-08-21
Mauritiustop rate 20%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“As of 1 July 2023, a progressive tax system has been introduced.”View source · accessed 2026-09-08
Mexicotop rate 35%PwC Tax Summaries“35.00”View source · accessed 2026-08-20
Moroccotop rate 37%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“More than 180,000 | 37”View source · accessed 2026-09-08
Netherlandstop rate 49.5%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Box 1 income is taxed at progressive rates up to a maximum of 49.50% in 2026.”View source · accessed 2026-09-26
Norwaytop rate 47.4%PwC Tax Summaries“For income exceeding NOK 1,467,201, the bracket tax rate is 17.8%.”View source · accessed 2026-08-20
Panamatop rate 25%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“Over 50,000 | Tax on column 1 (USD): 5,850 | Tax on excess (%): 25”View source · accessed 2026-09-18
Portugaltop rate 48%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“varying between 12.50% and 48%, plus the solidarity tax rate, if applicable (in 2026).”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
South Africatop rate 45%SARS“1 878 601 and above 666 339 + 45% of taxable income above 1 878 600”View source · accessed 2026-09-08
Spaintop rate 47%PwC Tax Summaries“Tax liability may therefore differ from one autonomous community to another”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
Switzerlandtop rate 41%PwC Tax Summaries“For taxable income above CHF 794,000 the overall tax rate will be 11.5%.”View source · accessed 2026-08-21
Thailandtop rate 35%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“2,000,001 to 5,000,000 30 Over 5,000,000 35”View source · accessed 2026-08-20
United Arab Emiratestop rate 0%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“There is currently no personal income tax in the United Arab Emirates. As such, there are no individual tax registration or reporting obligations.”View source · accessed 2026-08-09
United Kingdomtop rate 45%HM Revenue & Customs (GOV.UK)“Additional rate over £125,140 45%”View source · accessed 2026-08-20
United Statestop rate 37%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“For individuals, the top federal income tax rate for 2025 is 37%, except for long-term capital gains and qualified dividends”View source · accessed 2026-08-20
Uruguaytop rate 36%PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries“progressive rates ranging from 10% to 36%”View source · accessed 2026-09-08

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