Nassau vs Providenciales: Nassau costs less to live in

Nassau vs Providenciales.

Nassau and Providenciales tax a $1M income alike, so cost decides it: Nassau scores 95 on the Patrician.ch cost index and Providenciales 125, with Zurich at 100. 🇧🇸 Bahamas against 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.

In short, current to October 2026

On $1,000,000 of income, Nassau takes an effective 0% and Providenciales takes 0%, an identical effective rate on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
Neither Nassau nor Providenciales taxes a capital gain on a disposal by a resident individual, so a liquidity event realized after residence begins is not taxed locally in either.
Neither Nassau nor Providenciales is modeled on a special regime for arriving foreigners, so both run on ordinary resident rates.
Inheritance, what a child pays: nothing in Nassau, nothing in Providenciales.
Route in: Nassau by Residence by investment. Providenciales by Residence by investment.
Cost of the life is 95 in Nassau against 125 in Providenciales on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 6 against 7 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, Nassau (Bahamas) vs Providenciales (Turks and Caicos): tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/nassau-vs-providenciales/, October 2026.

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos — **Providenciales** 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos

	Nassau	Providenciales
Effective tax at $300K	0%	0%
Effective tax at $1M	0%	0%
Effective tax at $3M	0%	0%
Kept after tax at $1M	$1M	$1M
Capital gains	0%	0%
Inheritance tax, children	nothing	nothing
Cost index (Zurich 100)	95	125
A 200 m² prime home, US$	Not published	Not published
Prestige of address (editorial)	7/10	8/10
Safety	6/10	7/10
Schools	6/10	5/10
Sun hours	2,900	3,000
Supercar street index	#86	#67
Routes in	Residence by investment	Residence by investment
Net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast (country, Henley)	n/a	n/a
Flight from London	9h 50m nonstop	12h, 1 stop
Flight from New York	3h 20m nonstop	3h 40m nonstop

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Head to head

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

$300K$1M$3MNassau0%0%0%Providenciales0%0%0%

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

Tax is level. Both keep $1M of $1M on this model, so the rows above decide it.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains land at 0% in both. Neither city levies an annual wealth tax.

For a family

Nassau (Bahamas) leads on schools and a lower cost, Providenciales (Turks and Caicos) on safety and sun.

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, Nassau or Providenciales?

Neither. Both keep $1M of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Nassau takes an effective 0% of $1,000,000 and Providenciales takes 0%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 0% and 0%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Nassau or Providenciales?

Neither taxes them. Nassau and Providenciales both levy no capital gains tax on a resident individual.

Which is better for inheritance, Nassau or Providenciales?

Neither charges a spouse or children. Both levy no inheritance tax at all.

The Bahamas levies no inheritance, estate or gift tax. The Turks and Caicos Islands levy no inheritance or estate tax.

Which is cheaper to live in, Nassau or Providenciales?

Nassau, at 95 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 125 for Providenciales, where Zurich is 100.

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

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