Head to head
Cap Ferrat (France) vs Nice.
🇫🇷 France against 🇫🇷 France, on tax, residence, cost, and the life. Same model, same year, no brochure.
🇫🇷 France against 🇫🇷 France, on tax, residence, cost, and the life. Same model, same year, no brochure.
| Cap Ferrat (France) | Nice | |
|---|---|---|
| Effective tax at $300K | 39% | 39% |
| Effective tax at $1M | 45% | 45% |
| Effective tax at $3M | 47% | 47% |
| Kept at $1M | $546K | $546K |
| Capital gains | 30% | 30% |
| Cost index (Zurich 100) | 135 | 88 |
| Safety | 9/10 | 7/10 |
| Schools | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Sun hours | 2,700 | 2,700 |
| Supercar street index | #25 | #18 |
| Routes in | Golden visa, Founder & talent | Golden visa, Founder & talent |
| Net millionaire inflow 2025 (country, Henley) | −800 | −800 |
| Flight London | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Flight New York | 8.8 | 8.8 |
Simplified marginal model, indicative 2026 brackets, non-US single filer, no social contributions, deductions, wealth taxes, or treaties.
Nice keeps more of a $1M salary, $0 a year on this model. Cap Ferrat (France) answers with safety.
Capital gains land at 30% in both. The order of operations, move then sell or sell then move, decides more than the rate. Neither city taxes wealth as such.
Nice leads on schools and a lower cost, Cap Ferrat (France) on safety. Sun hours are level.
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Tax figures use a simplified marginal model with indicative 2026 brackets for a non-US single filer, ignore social contributions, most deductions, wealth taxes, and treaties, and are not advice. Residence rules change often. Verify before acting.