What will you take home in each country?
Enter your annual gross income and see estimated net take-home in all 12 digital-nomad-visa countries. Includes each country’s special regime where applicable — Spanish Beckham Law, Portuguese IFICI, Greek 50% reduction, Croatian foreign-income exemption, Costa Rican territorial system, UAE’s 0% personal income tax.
Ranked by net take-home
Local tax only — your home country may still tax you (US citizens always; others depending on residency). Social security estimates are included where relevant.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $0
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $0
- Net take-home
- $100,000
- • Beckham Law is the default mode. Foreign-employer income typically $0 Spanish tax.
- • Spanish-source income above €600k jumps to 47%.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $0
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $0
- Net take-home
- $100,000
- • Nomad permit holders: $0 Croatian tax on foreign income.
- • Only Croatian-source income (Croatian clients, Croatian rent) taxable during permit.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $0
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $0
- Net take-home
- $100,000
- • No personal income tax in the UAE. Corporate tax 9% above AED 375,000 profit.
- • VAT is 5% on consumption — not income-based.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $0
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $0
- Net take-home
- $100,000
- • Foreign income is 0% taxed in Costa Rica always.
- • Bracket schedule shown applies to Costa Rican-source income only.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $5,000
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $5,000
- Net take-home
- $95,000
- • Non-dom regime requires separate registration with CfR.
- • Minimum €5,000 annual tax applies to non-doms with foreign income.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $21,194
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $21,194
- Net take-home
- $78,806
- • Residency trigger is 182 days, not 183.
- • Foreign-source income remitted to Malaysia is taxable since 2022.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $23,420
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $23,420
- Net take-home
- $76,580
- • Under 180-day resident: only Thai-source income taxable.
- • Over 180-day: foreign income taxable ONLY if remitted to Thailand (2024+).
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $26,350
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $26,350
- Net take-home
- $73,650
- • Under 183 days: only Indonesian-source income taxable.
- • Over 183 days: worldwide income generally taxable.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $27,609
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $27,609
- Net take-home
- $72,391
- • Residency trigger is rolling 365-day window, not calendar year.
- • No special nomad-visa tax regime.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $28,049
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $28,049
- Net take-home
- $71,951
- • Non-resident (<183 days + vital interests elsewhere): $0 Mexican tax on foreign income.
- • Resident: worldwide income taxable at progressive rates.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $35,090
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $35,090
- Net take-home
- $64,910
- • 50% regime applies to Greek-source employment/self-employment income only.
- • Foreign employer salary usually stays under regular progressive rates.
- Gross
- $100,000
- Income tax
- $36,408
- Social security
- $0
- Total tax
- $36,408
- Net take-home
- $63,592
- • Regular IRS progressive scale applies if IFICI does not fit.
- • Foreign-source employment income typically taxable under regular regime.
Caveats
- Brackets are simplified to USD-annual approximations; local currency, regional surtaxes, and deductions are not modeled.
- Home-country tax is not included. US citizens owe US tax regardless of where they live (use FEIE + FTC for planning).
- Social security estimates are nominal; EU A1 certificates or totalization agreements may eliminate them.
- Tax treaties affect how foreign income is actually taxed when you are dual-resident.
- For an actual tax-year filing, a cross-border CPA is worth the fee.
Where these tax figures come from
Bracket tables are the published statutory scales, converted to US dollars at a fixed presentation rate and simplified to a single filer with no deductions or credits — so the output is an order-of-magnitude comparison between countries, not a return. The special regimes are the load-bearing part and are quoted from the tax authority that administers them. Spain and Greece were re-read against the primary sources below on 2026-08-03; the others carry their own retrieval dates. Nothing here is tax advice.
- Agencia Tributaria (Spain) — Régimen especial de impatriados, art. 93 Ley IRPF (retrieved 2026-08-03)
24% flat on Spanish-source employment income; the excess over €600,000 from one payer is taxed at the general rate.
- AADE (Greece) — Tax incentives to attract new tax residents, arts. 5A / 5B / 5C ITC (L. 4172/2013) (retrieved 2026-08-03)
Art. 5C exempts 50% of employment and business income earned in Greece, for up to seven consecutive tax years, for someone who was not a Greek tax resident in five of the six years before the transfer.
- Thai Revenue Department — personal income tax return guide (retrieved 2026-07-28)
Foreign-source income earned from 1 January 2024 is taxable when remitted to Thailand by a Thai tax resident.
- Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Portugal) — Portal das Finanças (retrieved 2026-08-03)
- UAE Government — taxation (retrieved 2026-08-03)
The UAE levies no personal income tax on salaries or wages.
Last verified 2026-08-03. Figures change without notice — confirm against the linked authority before you file or apply.