Tax guides by country
Digital nomad taxes, by country.
Tax residency triggers, income tax rates, and special regimes for the most popular digital nomad destinations.
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- 25+
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- 2026
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Spain
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 19% – 47%
- Regime
- Beckham Law (Régimen de Impatriados)
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Portugal
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 12.5% – 48%
- Regime
- Original NHR closed to new applicants from Jan 2024 (transitional deadline March 2025). Replaced by IFICI (NHR 2.0)
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United Kingdom
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 20% – 45%
- Regime
- Non-dom remittance basis abolished April 2025. Replaced by 4-Year Foreign Income & Gains regime
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United States
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 10% – 37%
- Regime
- Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE)
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Thailand
180days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 0% – 35%
- Regime
- Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)
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Germany
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 14% – 45%
- Regime
- No dedicated expat or inbound worker tax regime. Freiberufler (freelance) visa holders exempt from Gewerbesteuer (trade tax) but pay full income tax. Kleinunternehmerregelung
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Netherlands
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 35.75% – 49.50%
- Regime
- 30% ruling
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Italy
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 23% – 43%
- Regime
- Regime Forfettario
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France
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 11% – 45%
- Regime
- Impatriate regime (régime des impatriés)
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Estonia
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- Flat 22%
- Regime
- e-Residency
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United Arab Emirates
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 0%
- Regime
- Tax residency is separate from immigration residency, but a residence visa is one leg of the 90-day test. Qualifying residents can request a Tax Residency Certificate from the FTA for treaty purposes. Freelancers with UAE business turnover above AED 1M must register for corporate tax.
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Georgia
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 20% flat (1% SBS)
- Regime
- Individual Entrepreneur registration + Small Business Status = the famous 1% regime (1% of turnover up to GEL 500,000/year). The territorial exemption covers genuinely foreign-source income (foreign rental income, foreign dividends) — not freelance work done from Georgian soil.
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Costa Rica
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 0% – 25% (local income only)
- Regime
- Territorial taxation for everyone. Law 10008 digital nomad regime
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Mexico
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 1.92% – 35%
- Regime
- RESICO (Régimen Simplificado de Confianza)
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Croatia
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 15% – 33%
- Regime
- Digital nomad income-tax exemption — Article 9(1)(26) of the Income Tax Act (since 2021)
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Greece
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 9% – 44%
- Regime
- Art. 5C
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Cyprus
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 0% – 35%
- Regime
- Non-dom status
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Malta
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 0% – 35%
- Regime
- Nomad Residence Permit (Income Tax) Rules — LN 277/2023
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Indonesia
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 5% – 35%
- Regime
- 4-year territorial regime for skilled foreigners (PMK-18/2021)
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Canada
183days to tax residency
- Tax rate
- 14% – 33%
- Regime
- None — no dedicated nomad, impatriate, flat-tax, or remittance regime. Newcomers get part-year residency (worldwide taxation only from the date residency begins); foreign tax credits prevent double taxation; a treaty tie-breaker can make you a deemed non-resident.
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