St John's vs Platinum Coast: St John's keeps $268K more of $1M

St John's vs Platinum Coast.

St John's leaves about $268K more of a $1M income in hand each year than Platinum Coast, on the Patrician.ch 2026 model. 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda against 🇧🇧 Barbados, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.

In short, current to October 2026

On $1,000,000 of income, St John's takes an effective 0% and Platinum Coast takes 27%, so St John's leaves about $268K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
Neither St John's nor Platinum Coast 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 St John's nor Platinum Coast is modeled on a special regime for arriving foreigners, so both run on ordinary resident rates.
Inheritance, what a child pays: nothing in St John's, nothing in Platinum Coast.
Route in: St John's by Citizenship by investment. Platinum Coast by Residence by investment, Remote work visa.
Cost of the life is 82 in St John's against 88 in Platinum Coast 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, St John's (Antigua) vs Platinum Coast (Barbados): tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/st-johns-antigua-vs-platinum-coast-barbados/, October 2026.

St John's, Antigua and Barbuda — **St John's** 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda

Platinum Coast, Barbados — **Platinum Coast** 🇧🇧 Barbados

	St John's	Platinum Coast
Effective tax at $300K	0%	25%
Effective tax at $1M	0%	27%
Effective tax at $3M	0%	27%
Kept after tax at $1M	$1M	$732K
Capital gains	0%	0%
Inheritance tax, children	nothing	nothing
Cost index (Zurich 100)	82	88
A 200 m² prime home, US$	Not published	Not published
Prestige of address (editorial)	6/10	8/10
Safety	6/10	7/10
Schools	5/10	6/10
Sun hours	2,900	3,000
Supercar street index	#100	#61
Routes in	Citizenship by investment	Residence by investment, Remote work visa
Net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast (country, Henley)	n/a	n/a
Flight from London	9h 05m nonstop	9h nonstop
Flight from New York	4h 20m nonstop	4h 50m nonstop

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Head to head

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

$300K$1M$3MSt John's0%0%0%Platinum Coast25%27%27%

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

St John's (Antigua) keeps more of a $1M salary, $268K a year on this model. Platinum Coast (Barbados) answers with schools and safety.

For a founder with an exit

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

For a family

Platinum Coast (Barbados) leads on schools, safety and sun, St John's (Antigua) on a lower cost.

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, St John's or Platinum Coast?

St John's, by about $268K a year on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

St John's takes an effective 0% of $1,000,000 and Platinum Coast takes 27%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 0% and 27%.

Which taxes capital gains less, St John's or Platinum Coast?

Neither taxes them. St John's and Platinum Coast both levy no capital gains tax on a resident individual.

Which is better for inheritance, St John's or Platinum Coast?

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

Antigua and Barbuda levies no inheritance or estate tax. Barbados levies no inheritance or estate tax.

Which is cheaper to live in, St John's or Platinum Coast?

St John's, at 82 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 88 for Platinum Coast, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 6 of 10 in St John's and 7 of 10 in Platinum Coast, schools 5 and 6. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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