Nassau (Bahamas)
🇧🇸 Bahamas · Address 97 of 100

Nassau, for a high earner.

Lyford Cay is the address, Nassau is the airport. A gated peninsula where the North American families keep their winters and their boats.

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In short, current to October 2026

  • A person earning $1,000,000 and resident in Nassau, Bahamas, pays an effective 0% of income tax on the Patrician.ch 2026 model, keeping $1M. At $300,000 the effective rate is 0%, and at $3,000,000 it is 0%.
  • Nassau levies no capital gains tax on a disposal by a resident individual, so a liquidity event realized after residence begins is not taxed locally.
  • Inheritance: No inheritance tax. The Bahamas levies no inheritance, estate or gift tax.
  • On the passports most readers hold, the realistic route into Nassau is Residence by investment.
  • Cost of the life is 95 on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, safety 6 of 10, schools 6 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: Laws of The Bahamas, Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 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, Nassau (Bahamas) tax and residence 2026 for a high earner, patrician.ch/cities/nassau/, October 2026.

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

What Nassau takes, and what it costs.

Effective tax at $1M0%$1M kept after tax
Capital gains0%on a $1M gain
Cost index95Zurich = 100
Inheritance, children0%No inheritance tax
Supercar street index#86of 100
Safety6/10 
Schools6/10international options
The Patrician.ch 10081stof 100, the ranking
Prestige of address7/10Patrician.ch editorial index
Corporate tax0%headline rate on profits
Sun hours a year2,900Capital friendly
Passport mobilityindex

Tax on your bracket.

IncomeTaxEffectiveKept after tax
$300K$00%$300K
$1M$00%$1M
$3M$00%$3M
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Out in front

Income kept after tax on $1M a year, US dollars, the 18 places in the Caribbean and Latin America on the board

  1. Punta del Este$1M
  2. Panama City$1M
  3. Virgin Gorda$1M
  4. Anguilla$1M
  5. Christophe Harbour$1M
  6. Providenciales$1M
  7. Nassau$1M
  8. George Town$1M
  9. St John's$1M
  10. Tucker's Town$888K
  11. Casa de Campo$752K
  12. Platinum Coast$732K

Note: single filer, not a US citizen. Nassau ranks 1 of 18 here, level with 8 others

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 Nassau ranks for you.

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FIRE

The FIRE number in Nassau.

The capital whose yearly withdrawal, at 4%, pays for a year here after Nassau's tax on the gain part of each sale: 0% on a resident's listed securities, with half of each sale counted as gain.

A $100K year here $2.50M
A $150K year here $3.75M $4.26M for a US citizen
A $250K year here $6.25M

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Who gets in

The residence route.

Permanent residence through an investment of US$1M in Bahamian real estate or Central Bank zero coupon bonds, raised from US$750K on 01.01.2025 and held 10 years, with accelerated consideration for a residence from US$1.5M. No income, capital gains, or inheritance tax.

Residence by investment
The life

An ordinary day in Nassau.

Nassau, Bahamas
🇧🇸 BahamasNassau
  • Lyford CayWalk the beach inside the gates. Everyone knows everyone and nobody says so.
  • DowntownBay Street for the bank, a banker who flies in from Zurich, and conch on the water.
  • The clubLunch by the marina. Bring the membership card.
  • AlbanyGolf, then the 3 hour flight to New York on Friday.

Flight times.

FromFlightRouting
New York3h 20mNonstop to Nassau
London9h 50mNonstop to Nassau
Zurich12h 50m1 stop to Nassau
Dubai18h 30m1 stop to Nassau
Singapore23h1 stop to Nassau
Tel Aviv15h 50m1 stop to Nassau

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 department3 kmDoctors Hospital
Best ranked within reachNoneNo hospital within reach is in the 2026 lists
Life expectancy, Bahamas74.7years at birth, 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people1.9Bahamas, 2017
Hospital beds per 1,0002.2Bahamas, 2023
Health spending per person$2,262US dollars a year, 2023
Care coverage index80WHO, out of 100, 2023

GOV.UK says serious cases are flown by air ambulance to Nassau, Freeport or Miami. Princess Margaret, the largest public hospital in The Bahamas, has an emergency department, and the JCI-accredited Doctors Hospital is next to it, both about 3 km from the city point.

HospitalRoleDistanceNewsweek 2026JCI
Doctors HospitalNearest emergency department3 kmNot rankedAccredited
Princess Margaret HospitalNearest emergency department3 kmNot rankedNo

Paying for it

Life expectancy at birth, years, the 14 countries and territories in the Caribbean and Latin America on the board

  1. Bermuda82.5
  2. Puerto Rico81.9
  3. Cayman Islands80.5
  4. Panama79.8
  5. Uruguay78.3
  6. Turks and Caicos78.2
  7. Antigua and Barbuda77.8
  8. Argentina77.5
  9. British Virgin Islands77.4
  10. Barbados76.3
  11. Mexico75.3
  12. Bahamas74.7
  13. Dominican Republic73.9
  14. St Kitts and Nevis72.3

Note: Bahamas ranks 12 of 14. 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 Nassau, 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 Nassau on the board.

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Questions

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

About $0 a year, an effective 0%, which leaves $1M of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

At $300K the effective rate is 0%, and at $3M it is 0%. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled.

Does Nassau tax capital gains?

No. A resident individual in Nassau pays no capital gains tax on a disposal of listed securities.

A liquidity event realized after residence begins is not taxed locally. The country you leave can still apply its own exit rules to a gain that accrued while you lived there.

Does Nassau have a wealth tax?

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

Does Nassau have an inheritance tax?

No. The Bahamas levies no inheritance, estate or gift tax.

What a child pays: nothing. Source: Bahamas Department of Inland Revenue, 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 Nassau?

Permanent residence through an investment of US$1M in Bahamian real estate or Central Bank zero coupon bonds, raised from US$750K on 01.01.2025 and held 10 years, with accelerated consideration for a residence from US$1.5M.

No income, capital gains, or inheritance tax. Routes that matter for money: Residence by investment.

What is the cost of living in Nassau?

Nassau scores 95 on the Patrician.ch cost index, where Zurich is 100, and ranks 46 of 100 on cost, 1 being the most expensive.

Safety scores 6 of 10 and schools 6 of 10, with 2,900 sun hours a year. Cost, safety and schools are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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