Bali vs Bangkok: Bali spares children inheritance tax

Bali vs Bangkok.

Income tax on $1M lands within $2K in Bali and Bangkok, so inheritance decides it: Bali charges a child nothing, while in Bangkok a child pays 5% above THB 100M. 🇮🇩 Indonesia against 🇹🇭 Thailand, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.

In short, current to October 2026

On $1,000,000 of income, Bali takes an effective 33% and Bangkok takes 33%, so Bali leaves about $2K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
Both tax a capital gain on a resident disposal at 35%, so a liquidity event carries the same local charge either way.
Bali is modeled with no special regime for arriving foreigners. Thailand operates: Long-Term Resident visa with a 17% flat tax on employment income for highly skilled professionals, and a full exemption on foreign income for the qualifying LTR categories. Outside that visa, orders Por 161 and 162 of 2566 have taxed foreign income at 5% to 35% whenever a resident of 180 days or more brings it in, from 1 January 2024, with income earned before 2024 still exempt. A 2 year remittance exemption has been drafted since mid 2025 but is not law until it appears in the Royal Gazette. Gains on shares sold on the Stock Exchange of Thailand are exempt.
Inheritance, what a child pays: nothing in Bali, 5% above THB 100M in Bangkok.
Route in: Bali by Residence by investment, Remote work visa. Bangkok by Residence by investment, Remote work visa.
Cost of the life is 40 in Bali against 52 in Bangkok on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 6 against 6 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, Bali vs Bangkok: tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/bali-vs-bangkok/, October 2026.

Bangkok, Thailand — **Bangkok** 🇹🇭 Thailand

	Bali	Bangkok
Effective tax at $300K	29%	30%
Effective tax at $1M	33%	33%
Effective tax at $3M	34%	34%
Kept after tax at $1M	$668K	$666K
Capital gains	35%	35%
Inheritance tax, children	nothing	5% above THB 100M
Cost index (Zurich 100)	40	52
A 200 m² prime home, US$	Not published	$2.3M
Prestige of address (editorial)	5/10	4/10
Safety	6/10	6/10
Schools	5/10	8/10
Sun hours	2,840	2,210
Supercar street index	#97	#46
Routes in	Residence by investment, Remote work visa	Residence by investment, Remote work visa
Net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast (country, Henley)	n/a	n/a
Flight from London	17h 30m, 1 stop	11h 35m nonstop
Flight from New York	22h 30m, 1 stop	19h 40m, 1 stop

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

$300K$1M$3MBali29%33%34%Bangkok30%33%34%

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.

By profile

How each profile reads.

For an executive on salary

Bali keeps more of a $1M salary, $2K a year on this model. Bangkok answers with schools.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains land at 35% in both. Neither city levies an annual wealth tax.

For a family

Bangkok leads on schools, Bali on a lower cost and sun. Safety is level.

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, Bali or Bangkok?

Bali, by about $2K a year on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Bali takes an effective 33% of $1,000,000 and Bangkok takes 33%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 34% and 34%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Bali or Bangkok?

Neither. Both tax a resident's capital gain at about 35%.

Which is better for inheritance, Bali or Bangkok?

Bali. What a child pays: nothing in Bali, 5% above THB 100M in Bangkok.

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. Thailand taxes inheritance above THB 100 million at 5% for descendants and parents and 10% for others. A spouse is exempt.

Which is cheaper to live in, Bali or Bangkok?

Bali, at 40 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 52 for Bangkok, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 6 of 10 in Bali and 6 of 10 in Bangkok, schools 5 and 8. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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