Valletta vs Amalfi Coast: Valletta keeps $120K more of $1M

Valletta vs Amalfi Coast.

Valletta leaves about $120K more of a $1M income in hand each year than Amalfi Coast, on the Patrician.ch 2026 model. 🇲🇹 Malta against 🇮🇹 Italy, compared on tax, residence, cost and the life.

In short, current to October 2026

On $1,000,000 of income, Valletta takes an effective 34% and Amalfi Coast takes 46%, so Valletta leaves about $120K more in hand each year on the Patrician.ch 2026 model.
On a capital gain realized after residence begins, Valletta charges 0% and Amalfi Coast charges 26%. On a $5,000,000 event that is a difference of about $1.3M.
Malta operates a special regime for arriving foreigners: Non domiciled residents pay tax only on income remitted to Malta, 15% under the Global Residence Program. 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: 5% on Maltese real estate in Valletta, 4% above €1M in Amalfi Coast.
Route in: Valletta by Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Remote work visa. Amalfi Coast by Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent.
Cost of the life is 66 in Valletta against 128 in Amalfi Coast on the Patrician.ch index where Zurich is 100, and safety 8 against 9 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, Valletta vs Amalfi Coast: tax, residence and cost 2026, patrician.ch/compare/valletta-vs-amalfi-coast/, October 2026.

Amalfi Coast, Italy — **Amalfi Coast** 🇮🇹 Italy

	Valletta	Amalfi Coast
Effective tax at $300K	31%	44%
Effective tax at $1M	34%	46%
Effective tax at $3M	35%	47%
Kept after tax at $1M	$661K	$540K
Capital gains	0%	26%
Inheritance tax, children	5% on Maltese real estate	4% above €1M
Cost index (Zurich 100)	66	128
A 200 m² prime home, US$	Not published	Not published
Prestige of address (editorial)	5/10	9/10
Safety	8/10	9/10
Schools	7/10	4/10
Sun hours	3,000	2,550
Supercar street index	#81	#89
Routes in	Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Remote work visa	Residence by investment, Lump sum residence, Founder & talent
Net millionaire flow, 2025 forecast (country, Henley)	n/a	+3,600
Flight from London	3h 20m nonstop	2h 50m nonstop
Flight from New York	9h 15m nonstop	8h 45m nonstop

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Head to head

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

$300K$1M$3MValletta31%34%35%Amalfi Coast44%46%47%

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

Valletta keeps more of a $1M salary, $120K a year on this model. Amalfi Coast answers with safety.

For a founder with an exit

Capital gains: Valletta 0%, Amalfi Coast 26%. Amalfi Coast levies an annual wealth tax, top rate 0.2%. Valletta levies none.

For a family

Valletta leads on schools, a lower cost and sun, Amalfi Coast on safety.

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Questions

Which keeps more of a $1M income, Valletta or Amalfi Coast?

Valletta, by about $120K a year on Patrician.ch's 2026 model.

Valletta takes an effective 34% of $1,000,000 and Amalfi Coast takes 46%. At $3,000,000 the rates are 35% and 47%.

Which taxes capital gains less, Valletta or Amalfi Coast?

Valletta, at 0% against 26% in Amalfi Coast.

On a $5,000,000 liquidity event realized after residence begins, the difference is about $1.3M.

Which is better for inheritance, Valletta or Amalfi Coast?

Both tax children lightly. What a child pays: 5% on Maltese real estate in Valletta, 4% above €1M in Amalfi Coast.

Malta levies no inheritance tax, but a 5% duty applies when Maltese real estate passes on death. Italy taxes a spouse and each child at 4% above a €1,000,000 allowance each.

Which is cheaper to live in, Valletta or Amalfi Coast?

Valletta, at 66 on the Patrician.ch cost index against 128 for Amalfi Coast, where Zurich is 100.

Safety scores 8 of 10 in Valletta and 9 of 10 in Amalfi Coast, schools 7 and 4. These are Patrician.ch editorial indices, not published statistics.

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