Portofino
🇮🇹 Italy · Address 05 of 100

Portofino, for a high earner.

A harbor of fewer than 400 residents and the highest property prices in Italy. The flat tax regime applies, Milan is 2 hours 20, and the yacht anchors in the piazza.

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In short, current to October 2026

  • A person earning $1,000,000 and resident in Portofino, Italy, pays an effective 45% of income tax on the Patrician.ch 2026 model, keeping $546K. At $300,000 the effective rate is 43%, and at $3,000,000 it is 46%.
  • Capital gains on a disposal by a resident individual are taxed at 26% in Portofino, so a $5,000,000 liquidity event realized after residence begins carries roughly $1.3M locally.
  • Inheritance: Children pay 5% or less. Italy taxes a spouse and each child at 4% above a €1,000,000 allowance each.
  • Italy operates a special regime for arriving foreigners: Flat tax for new residents on foreign income under Article 24-bis, a fixed 300,000 euros a year for anyone who becomes resident from 1 January 2026, plus 50,000 euros per family member, for up to 15 years. Earlier entrants keep the 100,000 or 200,000 rate they joined on (2026 Budget Law, Law 199 of 30.12.2025). 49 of the 100 addresses on the Patrician.ch board sit in a jurisdiction that does.
  • On the passports most readers hold, the realistic route into Portofino is Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent.
  • Cost of the life is 125 on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, safety 9 of 10, schools 4 of 10. These 3 are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.
  • Rules moved in January 2026: the flat tax on foreign income rose to €300K a year for new residents. Any figure above is current to October 2026 and should be confirmed with counsel before it is relied on.

Official sources: Normattiva, Italian Department of Finance, Investor Visa for Italy. 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, Portofino tax and residence 2026 for a high earner, patrician.ch/cities/portofino/, October 2026.

Rules moved January 2026: the flat tax on foreign income rose to €300K a year for new residents
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By the Patrician.ch research desk · Updated 29 October 2026 · 13 min read
The numbers

What Portofino takes, and what it costs.

Effective tax at $1M45%$546K kept after tax
Capital gains26%on a $1M gain
Cost index125Zurich = 100
Inheritance, children4%Children pay 5% or less
Supercar street index#59of 100
Safety9/10 
Schools4/10international options
The Patrician.ch 10056thof 100, the ranking
Prestige of address10/10Patrician.ch editorial index
A 200 m² prime home$2.9MUS$1M buys 70 m². Knight Frank, Italian Homes 2025
Sun hours a year2,220 
Italy net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast+3,600Henley forecast, country level

Tax on your bracket.

IncomeTaxEffectiveKept after tax
$300K$130K43%$170K
$1M$454K45%$546K
$3M$1.4M46%$1.6M
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Special regime. Flat tax for new residents on foreign income under Article 24-bis, a fixed 300,000 euros a year for anyone who becomes resident from 1 January 2026, plus 50,000 euros per family member, for up to 15 years. Earlier entrants keep the 100,000 or 200,000 rate they joined on (2026 Budget Law, Law 199 of 30.12.2025). In figures: the fixed €300,000 a year on one person's income from abroad is about $336K, 34% of $1M and 11% of $3M. Every other figure and ranking on this site uses the standard system.

Paying for it

Income kept after tax on $1M a year, US dollars, the 53 places in Europe on the board

  1. Monaco$1M
  2. Gibraltar$944K
  3. Andorra la Vella$904K
  4. Tivat$832K
  5. Vaduz$819K
  6. Jersey$800K
  7. Zug$787K
  8. Prague$778K
  9. Lucerne$724K
  10. St. Moritz$723K
  11. Hvar$709K
  12. Portofino$546K

Note: single filer, not a US citizen. Portofino ranks 40 of 53 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 Portofino ranks for you.

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FIRE

The FIRE number in Portofino.

The capital whose yearly withdrawal, at 4%, pays for a year here after Portofino's tax on the gain part of each sale: 26% on a resident's listed securities, with half of each sale counted as gain.

A $100K year here $2.87M
A $150K year here $4.31M
A $250K year here $7.18M

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Who gets in

The residence route.

EU nationals register on arrival. Others use the elective residence visa, the investor visa from €250K, or an intra company transfer. The flat tax regime is elected in the tax return for the year of arrival or the next and runs 15 years.

Residence by investmentLump sum residenceFounder & talent

Italy has a Henley 2026 Wealth Mobility score of 72.3 out of 100, a country level figure. The passport ladder on the engine compares 66 passports.

The life

An ordinary day in Portofino.

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  • The piazzettaCoffee on the harbor before the day boats arrive from Santa Margherita.
  • Castello BrownThe walk up above the bay. Every villa on the way has a name and a story.
  • San FruttuosoLunch by boat at the abbey with no road.
  • The villaHome on the hill. Genoa airport is an hour, Milan 2 hours 20, and the tax election was filed in Milan.

Flight times.

FromFlightRouting
New York7h 55mNonstop to Milan Malpensa
London2h 20mNonstop to Pisa
Zurich55mNonstop to Milan Malpensa
Dubai6h 45mNonstop to Pisa
Singapore13hNonstop to Milan Malpensa
Tel Aviv4h 10mNonstop to Milan Malpensa

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 department11 kmOspedale di Lavagna (ASL4 Liguria)
Best ranked within reach#22 in ItalyIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 22 km
Life expectancy, Italy84.0years at birth, 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people4.2Italy, 2022
Hospital beds per 1,0003.1Italy, 2022
Health spending per person$3,398US dollars a year, 2024
Care coverage index82WHO, out of 100, 2023

Lavagna holds the only emergency department of the Tigullio area. Genoa's San Martino (Italy #22) is 22 km west. The Tigullio's only emergency department is at Ospedale di Lavagna, 11 km from Portofino.

HospitalRoleDistanceNewsweek 2026JCI
Ospedale di Lavagna (ASL4 Liguria)Nearest emergency department11 kmNot rankedNo
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San MartinoBest ranked within reach22 km#22 in ItalyNo

Near the top

Life expectancy at birth, years, the 20 countries and territories in Europe on the board

  1. Monaco86.5
  2. Switzerland84.4
  3. Liechtenstein84.2
  4. Andorra84.2
  5. Italy84.0
  6. Spain83.9
  7. Gibraltar83.6
  8. Luxembourg83.2
  9. Jersey83.1
  10. France83.0
  11. Malta83.0
  12. Portugal82.4
  13. Austria82.0
  14. Greece81.8

Note: Italy ranks 5 of 20. Latest year published for each, 2023 to 2024.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, latest year for each country. Jersey: its government

Hospital ranks from Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026. Accreditation from the Joint Commission International directory. Distances in a straight line from Portofino, 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 Portofino on the board.

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Questions

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

About $454K a year, an effective 45%, which leaves $546K of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

At $300K the effective rate is 43%, and at $3M it is 46%. Income tax on the published 2026 rules. Social contributions, most deductions and treaties are not modeled. Special regime for arrivals: Flat tax for new residents on foreign income under Article 24-bis, a fixed 300,000 euros a year for anyone who becomes resident from 1 January 2026, plus 50,000 euros per family member, for up to 15 years. Earlier entrants keep the 100,000 or 200,000 rate they joined on (2026 Budget Law, Law 199 of 30.12.2025). In figures: the fixed €300,000 a year on one person's income from abroad is about $336K, 34% of $1M and 11% of $3M. Every other figure and ranking on this site uses the standard system.

Does Portofino tax capital gains?

Yes. A resident individual in Portofino pays about 26% on a capital gain, about $260K on a $1,000,000 gain.

The rate is modeled on a $1,000,000 gain on listed securities after the common exemptions. Holding periods and exemptions can lower it.

Does Portofino have a wealth tax?

Yes. Portofino carries an annual wealth tax with a top rate of 0.20% of financial assets held abroad outside listed tax havens (0.4% inside them, and 1.06% on property abroad), about $40K a year on $20M.

IVAFE, 0.2% a year on financial assets held abroad, 0.4% in listed tax havens, and IVIE, 1.06% on property abroad. Both are waived for Article 24-bis flat tax residents.

Does Portofino have an inheritance tax?

Only lightly for children. Italy taxes a spouse and each child at 4% above a €1,000,000 allowance each.

What a child pays: 4% above €1M. Source: Testo unico successioni e donazioni, 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 Portofino?

EU nationals register on arrival.

Others use the elective residence visa, the investor visa from €250K, or an intra company transfer. The flat tax regime is elected in the tax return for the year of arrival or the next and runs 15 years. Routes that matter for money: Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent.

What is the cost of living in Portofino?

Portofino scores 125 on the Patrician.ch cost index, where Zurich is 100, and ranks 11 of 100 on cost, 1 being the most expensive.

Safety scores 9 of 10 and schools 4 of 10, with 2,220 sun hours a year. Cost, safety and schools are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics. Italy as a whole was forecast a net inflow of 3,600 millionaires for 2025 (Henley, country level).

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