Anguilla vs San Juan: Anguilla keeps $312K more of $1M

Anguilla vs San Juan.

Anguilla leaves about $312K more of a $1M income in hand each year than San Juan, on the Patrician.ch 2026 model. 🇦🇮 Anguilla against 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.

In short, current to October 2026

On $1,000,000 of income, Anguilla takes an effective 0% and San Juan takes 31%, so Anguilla leaves about $312K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
On a capital gain realized after residence begins, Anguilla charges 0% and San Juan charges 15%. On a $5,000,000 event that is a difference of about $750K.
Anguilla is modeled with no special regime for arriving foreigners. Puerto Rico operates: Act 60 for bona fide residents, 4% on export services income and 2% for the first 5 years under $3M of volume. Act 38-2026 extended the program to 2055 and set a cutoff: a decree application filed by 31.12.2026 keeps 0% on Puerto Rico sourced interest, dividends and post-move gains through 2035, one filed from 01.01.2027 pays 4%. Gains that accrued before the move stay federally taxable for 10 years, after which Puerto Rico taxes them at 5%.
Inheritance, what a child pays: nothing in Anguilla, nothing locally in San Juan.
Route in: Anguilla by Lump sum residence, Residence by investment. San Juan by Residence by investment, Founder & talent.
Cost of the life is 95 in Anguilla against 75 in San Juan on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 7 against 5 of 10. Both are Patrician.ch editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.

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 29 October 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, Anguilla vs San Juan (Puerto Rico): tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/anguilla-vs-san-juan/, October 2026.

San Juan, Puerto Rico — **San Juan** 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

	Anguilla	San Juan
Effective tax at $300K	0%	28%
Effective tax at $1M	0%	31%
Effective tax at $3M	0%	31%
Kept after tax at $1M	$1M	$688K
Capital gains	0%	15%
Inheritance tax, children	nothing	nothing locally
Cost index (Zurich 100)	95	75
A 200 m² prime home, US$	Not published	Not published
Prestige of address (editorial)	8/10	3/10
Safety	7/10	5/10
Schools	5/10	6/10
Sun hours	2,900	2,900
Supercar street index	#99	#78
Routes in	Lump sum residence, Residence by investment	Residence by investment, Founder & talent
Net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast (country, Henley)	n/a	n/a
Flight from London	11h 20m, 1 stop	11h 50m, 1 stop
Flight from New York	4h 40m nonstop	4h nonstop

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Head to head

Effective income tax rate, % of income, at 3 incomes

$300K$1M$3MAnguilla0%0%0%San Juan28%31%31%

Note: single filer, not a US citizen

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

Simplified marginal model, indicative 2026 brackets, non-US single filer, no social contributions, deductions, wealth taxes, or treaties. Inheritance is shown as it falls on a child, current to October 2026.

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For an executive on salary

Anguilla keeps more of a $1M salary, $312K a year on this model. San Juan (Puerto Rico) answers with schools.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains: Anguilla 0%, San Juan 15%. Neither city levies an annual wealth tax.

For a family

San Juan (Puerto Rico) leads on schools and a lower cost, Anguilla on safety. Sun hours are level.

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, Anguilla or San Juan?

Anguilla, by about $312K a year on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Anguilla takes an effective 0% of $1,000,000 and San Juan takes 31%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 0% and 31%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Anguilla or San Juan?

Anguilla, at 0% against 15% in San Juan.

On a $5,000,000 liquidity event realized after residence begins, the difference is about $750K.

Which is better for inheritance, Anguilla or San Juan?

Anguilla. What a child pays: nothing in Anguilla, nothing locally in San Juan.

Anguilla levies no inheritance, estate or gift tax. Puerto Rico repealed its estate and gift taxes on 6 August 2017 (Act 76-2017). A US citizen born on the mainland who moves there stays inside the federal estate tax, 40% above $15M. A US citizen born in Puerto Rico and resident there is treated as a non-resident for it.

Which is cheaper to live in, Anguilla or San Juan?

San Juan, at 75 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 95 for Anguilla, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 7 of 10 in Anguilla and 5 of 10 in San Juan, schools 5 and 6. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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