Bali
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Address 65 of 100

Bali, for a high earner.

The cheapest beautiful life on this board and the one with the worst tax logic. Tax residents owe 35% on worldwide income, so the people who stay are the ones who never officially arrive.

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In short, current to October 2026

  • A person earning $1,000,000 and resident in Bali, Indonesia, pays an effective 33% of income tax on the Patrician.ch 2026 model, keeping $668K. At $300,000 the effective rate is 29%, and at $3,000,000 it is 34%.
  • A resident is taxed on worldwide income, so a gain on foreign listed shares is taxed at the ordinary rates, up to 35%. Shares sold on the Indonesia Stock Exchange pay a final tax of 0.1% of the sale proceeds instead.
  • Inheritance: No inheritance tax. Indonesia levies no inheritance tax and inheritances are exempt from income tax. A land and building acquisition duty can apply when inherited property is registered.
  • On the passports most readers hold, the realistic route into Bali is Residence by investment, Remote work visa.
  • Cost of the life is 40 on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, safety 6 of 10, schools 5 of 10. These 3 are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.
  • Figures are current to October 2026. Tax thresholds and residence routes move, so confirm with counsel before relying on any of them.

Official sources: Indonesian Directorate General of Taxes, Directorate General of Immigration of Indonesia. Checked against them on .

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, Bali tax and residence 2026 for a high earner, patrician.ch/cities/bali/, October 2026.

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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 29 October 2026 · 11 min read
The numbers

What Bali takes, and what it costs.

Effective tax at $1M33%$668K kept after tax
Capital gains35%on a $1M gain
Cost index40Zurich = 100
Inheritance, children0%No inheritance tax
Supercar street index#97of 100
Safety6/10 
Schools5/10international options
The Patrician.ch 10098thof 100, the ranking
Prestige of address5/10Patrician.ch editorial index
Corporate tax22%headline rate on profits
Sun hours a year2,840 
Passport mobility70visa free destinations

Tax on your bracket.

IncomeTaxEffectiveKept after tax
$300K$87K29%$213K
$1M$332K33%$668K
$3M$1.0M34%$2.0M
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Mid-table

Income kept after tax on $1M a year, US dollars, the 12 places in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East on the board

  1. Dubai$1M
  2. Abu Dhabi$1M
  3. Hong Kong$846K
  4. Singapore$792K
  5. Bora Bora$754K
  6. Bali$668K
  7. Phuket$666K
  8. Bangkok$666K
  9. Queenstown$622K
  10. Sydney$554K
  11. Tel Aviv$546K
  12. Tokyo$479K

Note: single filer, not a US citizen. Bali ranks 6 of 12 here

Source: Patrician.ch 2026 tax model, built on official tax authority rates

Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Non-US single filer. Enter your own income, exit, passports, and family to see where Bali ranks for you.

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FIRE

The FIRE number in Bali.

The capital whose yearly withdrawal, at 4%, pays for a year here after Bali's tax on the gain part of each sale: 35% on a resident's listed securities, with half of each sale counted as gain.

A $100K year here $3.03M
A $150K year here $4.55M
A $250K year here $7.58M

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Who gets in

The residence route.

Second Home visa on a deposit of IDR 2 billion, about US$112K, in an Indonesian state bank, or proof of owning property in Indonesia, or the investor KITAS through a local company. Tax residents are taxed on worldwide income at up to 35%, so most people here are careful about the 183 days. A foreign worker with certain expertise in a designated post is taxed only on Indonesian source income for the first 4 tax years of residence, unless a tax treaty is used.

Residence by investmentRemote work visa
The life

An ordinary day in Bali.

Bali, Indonesia
🇮🇩 IndonesiaBali
  • CangguSurf at first light. The lineup is founders and finance refugees.
  • UbudWork from a villa in the rice fields. The internet is better than Rome's.
  • SeminyakLunch for $8 that would be $80 in Sydney.
  • UluwatuSunset on the cliff. Singapore is 2 hours 45 away.

Flight times.

FromFlightRouting
New York22h 30m1 stop to Bali Denpasar
London17h 30m1 stop to Bali Denpasar
Zurich16h 45m1 stop to Bali Denpasar
Dubai9h 15mNonstop to Bali Denpasar
Singapore2h 50mNonstop to Bali Denpasar
Tel Aviv14h 10m1 stop to Bali Denpasar

Scheduled gate to gate times on the fastest routing, with 1h 30m allowed for each connection. Airline schedules read October 17, 2026.

Healthcare

Care within reach.

Nearest emergency department7 kmRSUD Sanjiwani Gianyar
Best ranked within reachNoneNo hospital within reach is in the 2026 lists
Life expectancy, Indonesia71.3years at birth, 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people0.5Indonesia, 2023
Hospital beds per 1,0001.4Indonesia, 2023
Health spending per person$132US dollars a year, 2023
Care coverage index67WHO, out of 100, 2023

Medical evacuation from Bali is by commercial flight or private air ambulance, commonly to Singapore, where Singapore General Hospital ranks No. 10 worldwide. Scheduled Denpasar to Singapore flights take 2h30 to 2h55. Sanglah (now Prof. Ngoerah) in Denpasar is Bali's main provincial public hospital. The regional hospital in Gianyar is the closest public general hospital to Ubud.

HospitalRoleDistanceNewsweek 2026JCI
RSUD Sanjiwani GianyarNearest emergency department7 kmNot rankedNo
RSUP Prof. Dr. I.G.N.G. Ngoerah (formerly Sanglah)Regional referral hospital19 kmNot rankedNo
Singapore General HospitalWhere serious cases go1,670 kmWorld #10No

Paying for it

Life expectancy at birth, years, the 9 countries and territories in Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East on the board

  1. Hong Kong SAR85.4
  2. Japan84.0
  3. Singapore83.3
  4. Israel83.2
  5. UAE83.1
  6. Australia83.1
  7. New Zealand82.0
  8. Thailand76.6
  9. Indonesia71.3

Note: Indonesia ranks 9 of 9. Latest year published for each, 2024.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, latest year for each country

Hospital ranks from Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026. Accreditation from the Joint Commission International directory. Distances in a straight line from Bali, from OpenStreetMap. Country figures from the World Bank and the WHO, the latest year each publishes. Checked 23.10.2026. Research, not medical advice.

Within reach

Near Bali on the board.

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Questions

How much income tax does a $1M earner pay in Bali?

About $332K a year, an effective 33%, which leaves $668K of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

At $300K the effective rate is 29%, and at $3M it is 34%. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled.

Does Bali tax capital gains?

On foreign shares, yes: a resident pays the ordinary rates, up to 35%. Shares sold on the Indonesia Stock Exchange pay a final tax of 0.1% of the sale proceeds instead.

The country you leave can still apply its own exit rules to a gain that accrued while you lived there.

Does Bali have a wealth tax?

No. Indonesia levies no general annual wealth tax on a resident's net worth.

Does Bali have an inheritance tax?

No. Indonesia levies no inheritance tax and inheritances are exempt from income tax. A land and building acquisition duty can apply when inherited property is registered.

What a child pays: nothing. Source: Directorate General of Taxes, Indonesia, current to October 2026. The heir's own residence and the location of the assets can bring another country's tax into play.

How does a foreigner get residence in Bali?

Second Home visa on a deposit of IDR 2 billion, about US$112K, in an Indonesian state bank, or proof of owning property in Indonesia, or the investor KITAS through a local company.

Tax residents are taxed on worldwide income at up to 35%, so most people here are careful about the 183 days. A foreign worker with certain expertise in a designated post is taxed only on Indonesian source income for the first 4 tax years of residence, unless a tax treaty is used. Routes that matter for money: Residence by investment, Remote work visa.

What is the cost of living in Bali?

Bali scores 40 on the Patrician.ch cost index, where Zurich is 100, and ranks 100 of 100 on cost, 1 being the most expensive.

Safety scores 6 of 10 and schools 5 of 10, with 2,840 sun hours a year. Cost, safety and schools are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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