Expat tax estimator

The numbers reflect residence-based personal income tax on the stated bands, with the tax-specific quirks each country file documents — Greece's 50% exclusion for qualifying remote workers, Croatia's 0% on foreign income for digital nomad visa holders, the Netherlands' 30% ruling. Social contributions, local municipal rates and personal allowances are outside its scope, which is exactly why the results come in bands rather than as a single confident figure.

Worked example: against an $80,000 foreign salary, Croatia and Hungary look strikingly different once you read the fine print — Hungary taxes worldwide income at 15%, while a qualifying Croatian digital nomad visa holder pays 0% Croatian income tax on the same foreign earnings. Same salary, different countries, different tax reality; the two country files carry the details.

Is this tax advice?

No. It is general orientation that deliberately cannot capture rules such as remittance bases, treaty positions or first-year special regimes. For anything with real money attached, we say on every page where this matters: hire a qualified adviser in the country you will be resident in.

Why is the result a range?

Because the missing layers — social contributions, allowances, local surcharges — move the real figure. The range is the honest envelope; the country file and a one-hour consultation close it.

Resident or non-resident — which should I use?

Read the country file first. Many countries tax residents on worldwide income but leave non-residents on local-source income only, so your first year is often cheaper — and rules like Greece's or Croatia's nomad regimes change the picture again. The estimator's country dropdown mirrors the residency definitions the country files use.