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Portofino vs Tuscany.

Portofino against Tuscany, both in 🇮🇹 Italy, 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, Portofino takes an effective 45% and Tuscany takes 45%, an identical effective rate on Patrician's 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 Portofino, 4% above €1M in Tuscany.
  • Route in: Portofino by Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent. Tuscany by Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent.
  • Cost of the life is 125 in Portofino against 80 in Tuscany on Patrician's index where Zurich is 100, and safety 9 against 9 of 10. Both are Patrician editorial indices scored by us, not published statistics.

Source: the Patrician.ch board, an original ranking of 100 residence addresses across 48 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 . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Portofino vs Tuscany: tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/ptf-vs-tus/, September 2026.

PortofinoTuscany
Effective tax at $300K43%43%
Effective tax at $1M45%45%
Effective tax at $3M45%45%
Kept at $1M$553K$553K
Capital gains26%26%
Inheritance tax, children4% above €1M4% above €1M
Cost index (Zurich 100)12580
Safety9/109/10
Schools4/105/10
Sun hours2,4002,450
Supercar street index#58#65
Routes inResidence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talentResidence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent
Net millionaire inflow 2025 (country, Henley)+3,600+3,600
Flight London2.42.6
Flight New York99.2

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.

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How each profile reads.

For an executive on salary

Tuscany keeps more of a $1M salary, $0 a year on this model. Portofino answers with the life itself.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains land at 26% in both. Neither city taxes wealth as such.

For a family

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

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, Portofino or Tuscany?

Neither. Both keep $553K of $1,000,000 on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Portofino takes an effective 45% of $1,000,000 and Tuscany takes 45%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 45% and 45%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Portofino or Tuscany?

Neither. Both tax a resident's capital gain at about 26%.

Which is better for inheritance, Portofino or Tuscany?

Both tax children lightly. What a child pays: 4% above €1M in Portofino, 4% above €1M in Tuscany.

Italy taxes a spouse and each child at 4% above a €1,000,000 allowance each.

Which is cheaper to live in, Portofino or Tuscany?

Tuscany, at 80 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 125 for Portofino, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 9 of 10 in Portofino and 9 of 10 in Tuscany, schools 4 and 5. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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