Buenos Aires, Argentina
Answers · current to October 2026

Moving from Argentina, for a high earner.

Ranked on what $1,000,000 of income keeps over 10 years, with what Argentina charges on the way out.

In short, current to October 2026

  • On the Patrician.ch board, the address that leaves a $1,000,000 earner leaving Argentina with the most after 10 years is Dubai, UAE, at $10M kept against an effective 0%.
  • Within 5 hours of Argentina, the address that keeps the most is Punta del Este, Uruguay, at $10M over 10 years.
  • On the way out of Argentina: No exit tax. Residence ends when you gain permanent residence abroad or after 12 months away. Visits home of up to 90 days in total do not break the 12 months. The loss has to be reported to ARCA with proof. After that Argentina taxes only Argentine source income, and the wealth tax (Bienes Personales) reaches only assets located in Argentina.
  • There is no deemed disposition on departure from Argentina.
  • Figures are current to October 2026 and modeled on indicative 2026 headline brackets for a single filer. Confirm with counsel before relying on any of them.

Each address on this page was last checked against its official sources between and . The sources for each are named on its page.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 47 countries and territories. Tax rates, thresholds and routes are sourced. Cost, safety, schools, sun and beauty are Patrician.ch editorial indices. Figures current to October 2026. Updated . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Moving from Argentina 2026: where a high earner keeps most, patrician.ch/answers/moving-from-argentina/, October 2026.

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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 5 November 2026 · 10 min read
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Leaving Argentina: where $1,000,000 goes furthest.

Ordered by what a single filer keeps over 10 years after income tax, on Patrician.ch's 2026 model, with the flight time from Argentina. The engine reorders this on your own income, liquidity event, passports and household.

01Dubai, UAE
Dubai 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 18h 30m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
02Abu Dhabi, UAE
Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 19h 55m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
03Punta del Este, Uruguay
Punta del Este 🇺🇾 Uruguay0% effective on $1M, foreign gains untaxed 11 years by qualifying election, 55m nonstop from Argentina, special regime for arrivals
$10M
04Anguilla
Anguilla 🇦🇮 Anguilla0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 11h with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
05Monaco
Monaco 🇲🇨 Monaco0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 15h 20m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
06Christophe Harbour, St Kitts and Nevis
Christophe Harbour 🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 11h 10m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
07George Town, Cayman Islands
George Town 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 10h 50m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
08St John's, Antigua and Barbuda
St John's 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 11h 10m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
09Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Providenciales 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 11h 10m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M
10Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau 🇧🇸 Bahamas0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 11h 50m with 1 stop from Argentina
$10M

Within 5 hours of Argentina.

The same ranking, kept to addresses a direct flight of 5 hours or less from Argentina.

01Punta del Este, Uruguay
Punta del Este 🇺🇾 Uruguay0% effective on $1M, foreign gains untaxed 11 years by qualifying election, 55m nonstop from Argentina, special regime for arrivals
$10M

Model note. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Where a place is modeled on a regime for new arrivals, its city page says so. Flight times are scheduled gate to gate times on the fastest routing, from airline schedules read October 17, 2026. The exit charge from Argentina is modeled separately and is not netted into the figures above.

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Questions

The short answers.

Where should a high earner move from Argentina?

On $1,000,000 of income, Dubai keeps the most over 10 years, $10M, followed by Abu Dhabi and Punta del Este.

Within 5 hours of Argentina, Punta del Este keeps the most. The ranking changes with the passports held, the household and a liquidity event, all of which the engine takes as inputs.

Does Argentina charge an exit tax?

No exit tax.

Residence ends when you gain permanent residence abroad or after 12 months away. Visits home of up to 90 days in total do not break the 12 months. The loss has to be reported to ARCA with proof. After that Argentina taxes only Argentine source income, and the wealth tax (Bienes Personales) reaches only assets located in Argentina.

Can the exit tax on leaving Argentina be deferred?

There is no deemed disposition on departure from Argentina, so there is nothing to defer.

Residence is broken under the local test, and the date it breaks is the fact counsel will want evidenced.

Which addresses on the board levy no capital gains tax?

39 of the 100 addresses on the board levy no personal capital gains tax on listed securities, among them Abu Dhabi, Andorra la Vella, Anguilla, Athens, Bora Bora, Christophe Harbour.

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