Moving from Dubai to the UK or Australia: 2026 tax on $1M

Moving from Dubai, for a high earner.

Ranked on what $1,000,000 of income keeps over 10 years, with what Dubai 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 Dubai with the most after 10 years is Abu Dhabi, UAE, at $10M kept against an effective 0%. Staying in Dubai keeps the same $10M over 10 years, so no address on the board keeps more on this income.
Within 5 hours of Dubai, the address that keeps the most is Abu Dhabi, UAE, at $10M over 10 years.
On the way out of Dubai: No exit tax and no personal capital gains tax in the UAE.
There is no deemed disposition on departure from Dubai.
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 14 October 2026 and 30 October 2026. 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 5 November 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, Moving from Dubai to the UK or Australia: 2026 tax on $1M, patrician.ch/answers/moving-from-dubai/, October 2026.

Ranked

Leaving Dubai: 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 Dubai. The engine reorders this on your own income, liquidity event, passports and household.

Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, no flight needed from Dubai

$10M

Punta del Este 🇺🇾 Uruguay0% effective on $1M, foreign gains untaxed 11 years by qualifying election, 19h 30m with 1 stop from Dubai, special regime for arrivals

$10M

Anguilla 🇦🇮 Anguilla0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 20h 20m with 1 stop from Dubai

$10M

Monaco 🇲🇨 Monaco0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 6h 50m nonstop from Dubai

$10M

Christophe Harbour 🇰🇳 St Kitts and Nevis0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 20h with 1 stop from Dubai

$10M

George Town 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 19h 05m with 1 stop from Dubai

$10M

St John's 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 18h 10m with 1 stop from Dubai

$10M

Providenciales 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 19h 15m with 1 stop from Dubai

$10M

Nassau 🇧🇸 Bahamas0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 18h 30m with 1 stop from Dubai

$10M

Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama0% effective on $1M, foreign gains untaxed, 10% on Panama source gains, 20h 05m with 1 stop from Dubai

$10M

Within 5 hours of Dubai.

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

Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 UAE0% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, no flight needed from Dubai

$10M

Limassol 🇨🇾 Cyprus34% effective on $1M, no capital gains tax, 3h 50m nonstop from Dubai, special regime for arrivals

$6.6M

Mykonos 🇬🇷 Greece43% effective on $1M, no tax on listed share gains under a 0.5% stake, 4h 45m nonstop from Dubai, special regime for arrivals

$5.7M

Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 Israel45% effective on $1M, 30% on gains, 3h 25m nonstop from Dubai, special regime for arrivals

$5.5M

Moving from Dubai to London, Sydney, New York or Singapore.

The places people name most often after leaving Dubai, on the same $1,000,000 for a single filer. Dubai itself keeps $10M over 10 years.

Destination	Income tax on $1M	Kept after tax, 10 yrs	Against Dubai	Flight from Dubai
London (United Kingdom)	43%	$5.7M	−$4.3M	7h 50m nonstop
Sydney (Australia)	45%	$5.5M	−$4.5M	13h 50m nonstop
New York (United States)	43%	$5.7M	−$4.3M	14h 15m nonstop
Singapore	21%	$7.9M	−$2.1M	7h 35m nonstop

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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 Dubai is modeled separately and is not netted into the figures above.

Questions

The short answers.

Where should a high earner move from Dubai?

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

Within 5 hours of Dubai, Abu Dhabi 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 Dubai charge an exit tax?

No exit tax and no personal capital gains tax in the UAE.

Can the exit tax on leaving Dubai be deferred?

There is no deemed disposition on departure from Dubai, 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.

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to the UK?

In London, income tax on $1,000,000 is 43% effective on Patrician.ch's 2026 model for a single filer, so $5.7M is kept after tax over 10 years, $4.3M less than the $10M kept in Dubai.

The flight is 7h 50m nonstop. The full page: London.

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to Australia?

In Sydney, income tax on $1,000,000 is 45% effective on Patrician.ch's 2026 model for a single filer, so $5.5M is kept after tax over 10 years, $4.5M less than the $10M kept in Dubai.

The flight is 13h 50m nonstop. The full page: Sydney.

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to New York?

In New York, income tax on $1,000,000 is 43% effective on Patrician.ch's 2026 model for a single filer, so $5.7M is kept after tax over 10 years, $4.3M less than the $10M kept in Dubai.

The flight is 14h 15m nonstop. The full page: New York.

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to Singapore?

In Singapore, income tax on $1,000,000 is 21% effective on Patrician.ch's 2026 model for a single filer, so $7.9M is kept after tax over 10 years, $2.1M less than the $10M kept in Dubai.

The flight is 7h 35m nonstop. The full page: Singapore.

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Moving from Dubai, for a high earner.

Leaving Dubai: where $1,000,000 goes furthest.

Within 5 hours of Dubai.

Moving from Dubai to London, Sydney, New York or Singapore.

The short answers.

Where should a high earner move from Dubai?

Does Dubai charge an exit tax?

Can the exit tax on leaving Dubai be deferred?

Which addresses on the board levy no capital gains tax?

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to the UK?

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to Australia?

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to New York?

How much tax do you pay moving from Dubai to Singapore?

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