Prague vs Zug: tax, residence and cost 2026

Prague vs Zug.

🇨🇿 Czech Republic against 🇨🇭 Switzerland, on tax, residence, cost, and the life. Same model, same year, no brochure.

In short, current to September 2026

On $1,000,000 of income, Prague takes an effective 22% and Zug takes 22%, so Zug leaves about $7K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
Neither Prague nor Zug 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.
The Czech Republic operates no special regime for arriving foreigners. Switzerland operates: Lump sum taxation is available in Zug, one of the 21 cantons that still offer it. The tax is set on a deemed spending base, at least 7 times the rent or rental value of the home, with a federal floor around CHF 435,000 for 2026 and a cantonal minimum on top. Zug ordinary rates are already the lowest in Switzerland, so run both before electing.
Inheritance, what a child pays: nothing in Prague, nothing in Zug.
Route in: Prague by Residence by investment, Founder & talent. Zug by Lump sum residence, Founder & talent.
Cost of the life is 56 in Prague against 92 in Zug on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 9 against 10 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 September 2026. Updated 27 September 2026. Cite as: Patrician.ch, Prague vs Zug: tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/prg-vs-zug/, September 2026.

	Prague	Zug
Effective tax at $300K	21%	17%
Effective tax at $1M	22%	22%
Effective tax at $3M	23%	22%
Kept at $1M	$776K	$783K
Capital gains	0%	0%
Inheritance tax, children	nothing	nothing
Cost index (Zurich 100)	56	92
Safety	9/10	10/10
Schools	7/10	8/10
Sun hours	1,700	1,600
Supercar street index	#81	#52
Routes in	Residence by investment, Founder & talent	Lump sum residence, Founder & talent
Net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast (country, Henley)	n/a	+3,000
Flight London	2.3	2.1
Flight New York	9	8.7

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 September 2026.

By profile

How each profile reads.

For an executive on salary

Zug keeps more of a $1M salary, $7K a year on this model. Prague answers with the life itself.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains land at 0% in both. Neither city taxes wealth as such.

For a family

Zug leads on schools and safety, Prague on a lower cost and sun.

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, Prague or Zug?

Zug, by about $7K a year on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Prague takes an effective 22% of $1,000,000 and Zug takes 22%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 23% and 22%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Prague or Zug?

Neither taxes them. Prague and Zug both levy no capital gains tax on a resident individual.

Which is better for inheritance, Prague or Zug?

Neither charges a spouse or children. Prague levies no inheritance tax at all, and Zug exempts close family.

The Czech Republic abolished inheritance tax in 2014. Inheritances are exempt from income tax. Switzerland has no federal inheritance tax. The canton sets it: every canton exempts a spouse, and all but Vaud, Neuchâtel and Appenzell Innerrhoden exempt children. Some Lucerne municipalities tax children.

Which is cheaper to live in, Prague or Zug?

Prague, at 56 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 92 for Zug, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 9 of 10 in Prague and 10 of 10 in Zug, schools 7 and 8. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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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.