A free finder for the special tax regimes that lower your tax when you move to a country, each linked to the government's own page.
5.0(1 rating)Find the special tax regimes for people who move to a country: flat rates, tax-free foreign income and fixed yearly taxes, each from the government's own page.
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The tax breaks
Every country with a tax break
This is how each government's own pages describe its regime, not tax advice. Each regime has conditions and deadlines, so check your own case with a licensed advisor before you move.
This free tool lists the tax breaks for new residents, the special regimes that lower your tax when you move to a country, with every fact taken from that government's own pages.
Pick who you are to see the regimes that fit, open one to see who qualifies and how to claim it, and check the map for every country that has one.
Here's what these regimes are, the three kinds, and the catch in each.
What is a tax break for new residents?
A tax break for new residents is a special regime that lowers your tax for a set number of years after you move to a country. Governments use them to attract workers, founders, retirees and investors.
Each one has conditions. Most ask that you weren't a resident there for several years before, and many are only for certain jobs.
The three kinds
Every regime in the tool works in one of three ways:
- A lower flat rate – one rate on your income instead of the normal scale, like Portugal's 20% for qualifying jobs
- Income left out of tax – part or all of some income isn't taxed, like the UK's first 4 years for foreign income and gains
- A fixed yearly tax – one fixed amount a year instead of tax on your foreign income, like Italy's €300,000 a year for new residents
The catch: conditions and deadlines
A regime only helps if you qualify and claim it on time:
- Most regimes need several years of non-residence before you move, from 3 years in Italy's regime for workers to 10 in the UK's
- Many are tied to a job, an employer or a list of activities, and stop applying if the qualifying work stops
- Most have to be claimed in a set way, like Spain's form 149 or Portugal's registration, and some within a deadline
How I use it
I'm a tax and permanent resident of Panama, which taxes only income produced in Panama. So I don't need a special regime there: income from abroad isn't taxed anyway. The territorial tax map shows every country like that, and each regime here links its country's normal answer.
How to use the tax breaks for new residents tool
The filters you pick stay in this browser.
Who is the tax breaks for new residents tool for?
It's for anyone planning a move, and each of them has a next step:
- Territorial tax map – anyone checking how a country taxes income from abroad without a special regime
- Tax rates by country – anyone comparing the normal income tax, corporate tax and VAT
- Digital nomad visa finder – remote workers choosing a country and its visa
- Retirement visa finder – retirees pairing a visa with a regime for pensions
- 183-day rule calculator – anyone counting the days that make them a tax resident
- What is a global citizen? – anyone building a life across borders, in my own words
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Tax Breaks for New Residents FAQs
Questions about tax regimes for people who move? Here's what to know.
It's a special regime that lowers your tax for a set number of years after you move to a country.
Each one has conditions, like years of non-residence before you move or a qualifying job.
The tool lists every regime I've checked so far, with Portugal, Spain, Italy, the UK, the Netherlands, Cyprus and Uruguay among them.
I add countries as I check each government's own page.
Yes. Spain's special regime for workers moving there taxes you like a non-resident, at 24% on up to €600,000 of income from Spain, for the year you move and the 5 after.
You opt in on form 149, and you can't have been a resident of Spain in the 5 years before.
€300,000 a year for people who move from 1 January 2026, covering all income from abroad, for up to 15 years.
Each family member you add pays €50,000 a year.
Almost always. Each regime has its own way to claim it, like a form, a registration or a choice on your tax return.
The tool shows how to claim each one.
No. It's how each government's own pages describe its regime, linked to those pages.
Check your own case with a licensed advisor before you move.
I did. I'm Navid Moazzez, and the tax breaks for new residents tool is one of my free tools on navid.me.
Read about me, or see my creator profile.
Navid Moazzez
AI business strategist & AI OS builder
Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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