Head to head
Cortina d'Ampezzo vs Venice.
Income tax on $1M lands within $8K in Cortina d'Ampezzo and Venice, so cost decides it: Venice scores 72 on the Patrician.ch cost index and Cortina d'Ampezzo 105, with Zurich at 100. Both in 🇮🇹 Italy, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.
In short, current to October 2026
- On $1,000,000 of income, Cortina d'Ampezzo takes an effective 43% and Venice takes 44%, so Cortina d'Ampezzo leaves about $8K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
- Both tax a capital gain on a resident disposal at 26%, so a liquidity event carries the same local charge either way.
- 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). Italy operates: 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).
- Inheritance, what a child pays: 4% above €1M in Cortina d'Ampezzo, 4% above €1M in Venice.
- Route in: Cortina d'Ampezzo by Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent. Venice by Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent.
- Cost of the life is 105 in Cortina d'Ampezzo against 72 in Venice on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 10 against 9 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 . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) vs Venice: tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/cor-vs-ven/, October 2026.
