This page shows how deeply we model each country you might retire to. Retiring abroad is more than a cheaper rent number. Each country has its own income tax, tax-treaty rules, inheritance law, health system, and currency. The build sheet below shows what we model, what does not apply, and what is still open.
What is modeled, country by country.
Country
Income tax and treatyResidence income tax on your US pensions, withdrawals and gains, and how the US tax treaty splits the bill.
Social charges and wealthExtra layers on top of income tax: social charges, solidarity surtaxes, and annual net-worth (wealth) taxes.
Succession and estateInheritance tax the country levies on your estate or your heirs when you pass it on.
Health (annual)What public-scheme contributions and private insurance actually cost a US retiree each year.
Residence IRS; the engine charges the higher of the Portuguese and US bills, never both
AIMI property surtax on Portuguese real estate above €600k (0.7%/1%/1.5%), computed automatically on a home bought at the Portugal destination
Inheritance tax abolished in 2004; the remaining 10% stamp duty (exempts close family) is computed per heir - shows 0 for a taxable partner pending a situs input (see the estate report)
Age-banded private top-up premium on top of the near-zero-cost SNS
🇮🇪Ireland
Charges the higher of your US and Irish bill; US Social Security is taxed only by Ireland and is exempt from US tax (treaty Article 18(1)(b))
No wealth tax; Irish income levies (USC and PRSI) do not reach US Social Security
Capital Acquisitions Tax: flat 33%; spouse and civil partner exempt, a cohabiting partner is not (modeled)
Community-rated private premium plus OOP - Stamp 0 has no public-entitlement branch to test at any age
🇬🇷Greece
Flat 7% pensioner regime; the engine charges the higher of your US and Greek tax
ENFIA annual property tax on Greek real estate, computed as an approximate value-based schedule (~0.2-0.75%) on a home bought at the Greek destination
Age-banded private insurance premiums (the FIP permit path) plus out-of-pocket costs
🇲🇽Mexico
Income tax (ISR) scale plus the separate 10% surtax on US-source dividends (modeled)
No wealth tax (the dividend surtax is tracked under income)
No inheritance tax; gifts and bequests between close family are exempt
Models age-based health premiums plus private cash-pay
🇨🇷Costa Rica
Territorial system, no US tax treaty: US-source income is not taxed
No wealth tax reaching a retiree portfolio
Inheritance tax repealed
Caja (CCSS) contribution on the visa-declared minimum, modeled
🇵🇦Panama
Territorial system, no US tax treaty: US-source income is not taxed
No wealth tax
No inheritance tax
CSS voluntary EyM+IVM contribution for those who join before pension age (a mandatory bundle once enrolled), plus private senior health plans, with public hospitals as the floor
🇹ðŸ‡Thailand
Thai progressive scale on assessable income, modeled - with the LTR-visa foreign-source exemption as a toggle
No wealth tax
Per-heir inheritance tax computed: spouse exempt, and 0 above the THB 100M/heir allowance for every other class pending a situs input (see the estate report)
Age-banded private premium with the insurability cliff, modeled