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Visuals · Kept · 22 October 2026

Kept: the same $1M, filed jointly, 2026

Key figures

  • In Paris, a married couple keeps $47,412 more than a single filer on 1 income of $1M.
  • Munich +$24,074, Lisbon +$24,384, New York +$39,846.
  • Germany, Portugal, France and the United States tax a married household jointly.

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 . Cite as: Patrician.ch, Kept: the same $1M, filed jointly, 2026, patrician.ch/visuals/kept-couple-joint-filing-2026/, October 2026.

Paired bars for Munich, Paris, Lisbon and New York: what $1M keeps for a single filer and for a married couple filing jointly.
Source: Patrician.ch 2026 model, $1,000,000 earned by 1 spouse, married couple with no children filing jointly against a single filer. As of 22 Oct 2026. Free to share unchanged, with credit to patrician.ch.

Most of the board taxes each person on their own income. Germany, Portugal, France and the United States tax a married household jointly, which lowers the rate on a single high income. The picture puts $1,000,000 earned by 1 spouse through each, against a single filer.

In Munich the couple keeps $573,399, against $549,325 for a single filer. In Paris the couple keeps $606,555, against $559,143 for a single filer. In Lisbon the couple keeps $542,767, against $518,383 for a single filer. In New York the couple keeps $612,710, against $572,864 for a single filer.

Children change the figure again in France, which divides income by household parts. The engine and the Dossier apply the joint rules to a reader’s own household.

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The data

Every row in the picture.

PlaceKept, singleKept, married filing jointlyDifference
🇩🇪 Munich$549,325$573,399+$24,074
🇫🇷 Paris$559,143$606,555+$47,412
🇵🇹 Lisbon$518,383$542,767+$24,384
🇺🇸 New York$572,864$612,710+$39,846

Source: Patrician.ch 2026 model, $1,000,000 earned by 1 spouse, married couple with no children filing jointly against a single filer. As of 22 Oct 2026. The page behind every figure: patrician.ch/answers/best-places-for-families-low-tax-good-schools/.

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