Caribbean & Atlantic · Leeward Islands
St Kitts and Nevis
The oldest citizenship-by-investment programme in the world (1984) and still the fastest and best-regarded of the Caribbean five — the default when a family needs a compliant second passport quickly and will pay a premium for lower headline risk.
Tax position
- Income tax (top)
- none — no personal income tax on residents or non-residents
- Capital gains
- none on assets held over 12 months; 20% on gains from assets disposed of within 12 months of acquisition
- Wealth tax
- none
- Inheritance tax
- none
- Special regime
- none needed — there is no personal income tax to relieve. Tax residency certificates exist but require genuine presence.
- Territorial
- Yes — foreign-source income generally outside scope
- CFC rules
- No
- Exit tax
- No
- CRS
- Participating
1 route into St Kitts and Nevis
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