# Anguilla: taxes, residence and cost of living Source: https://domicile.wiki/places/anguilla/ (domicile.wiki, researched 2026-10-15). Data licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Research, not tax or legal advice. ## At a glance For an EU-citizen family of five living off a EUR 30M portfolio (the guide's default reader). - Score for a wealthy family: 60 / 100 - Tax on a €30M portfolio: €48,600 a year - Wealth tax: none - Children inherit: tax-free - Living costs, family of five: €197,541 a year - EU member: no - Currency: XCD - Capital: The Valley ## Tax on investments, inheritance and wealth Anguilla levies no income, capital gains, dividend, inheritance, gift or wealth tax on individuals. Indirect taxes changed on 1 August 2025 (9% goods tax on imports, 13% general services tax). Real estate carries a 5% transfer tax and, for non-residents, licence/stamp duty up to 12.5%. - **Ordinary residence**: Anguilla is a zero-direct-tax jurisdiction: no income, capital gains, estate or other direct tax on individuals. ## Inheritance law and trusts Anguilla has no forced heirship and a will can leave the estate as the owner wishes. Common-law trusts are available and a private foundation can be set up under the Anguilla Foundation Act. The Hague Trusts Convention is not listed as extended to Anguilla. ## Daily life (0-100, higher is better) - Political and institutional stability: 73 - Legal system and property rights: 65 - Cost of living and housing: 83 - Business opportunities and economy: 67 - Cultural fit and lifestyle: 100 ## Research notes ### Anguilla — family-office tax dossier Last reviewed: 2026-10-15 Tax year: 2026 Reviewer: research agent (Claude), unreviewed by a tax adviser #### Summary Anguilla levies no income, capital gains, dividend, inheritance, gift or wealth tax on individuals. Indirect taxes changed on 1 August 2025 (9% goods tax on imports, 13% general services tax). Real estate carries a 5% transfer tax and, for non-residents, licence/stamp duty up to 12.5%. #### Residence and eligibility No direct tax, so residence tests are irrelevant for tax. Immigration routes not researched. #### Capital gains None (Deloitte Anguilla Highlights 2026, updated Jan 2026). JSON 0. Real property transfer tax 5% (seller); non-resident buyers: alien landholding licence + stamp duty up to 12.5%. #### Dividends None; no WHT; no treaties. JSON 0. #### Inheritance and gifts to children None. JSON basis none. #### Wealth tax None. Property tax 0.3% residential. #### Special regimes None needed. #### Company taxation (kept separate from personal tax) No CIT. 2025 change: GST replaced on 1 Aug 2025 by Goods Tax Act 2025 (9%) and General Services Tax Act 2025 (13%). #### Cost of living notes City: The Valley. - International school fee: USD 9,000 a year (Omololu International School, international students, Grades 7-11; USD 900 a month for 10 months, plus a USD 500 registration fee). Omololu stops at Grade 11; no school on Anguilla offers upper-secondary international years. The page states no school year. - Prime rent: USD 4,000 a month (2026), a single listing: Axarealtor's fully furnished 4-bed, 4-bath villa on two acres at Sile Bay, long-let rate USD 4,000 a month (negotiable), read 15 Oct 2026. It is the only 4+ bedroom home with a monthly long-let rate found; 3-bedroom houses on the same page run USD 2,000-3,300 (one new West End house USD 8,500). Very thin sample. - Price per m2, health insurance, housekeeper: not sourced. #### Open questions - Residence permit routes not researched. - Not present in some World Bank/WGI datasets; no official homicide statistic was sourced for an indicator override (web-search budget exhausted). - Indicator gaps (2026-10-15): WGI values added as overrides from the World Bank API (the automatic fetch dropped Anguilla because the API returns it without an ISO3 code). No official same-definition homicide rate, life expectancy or internet-use figure was found (Statistics Department: life expectancy only from the 2001 census, deaths by cause only to 2013); left missing, not proxied from the UK. - Prime rent rests on a single 4-bedroom long-let listing (Axarealtor, Sile Bay, USD 4,000/month, 15 Oct 2026); a larger sample of monthly long-let rates for 4-5 bedroom homes (e.g. West End/Meads Bay) is needed. #### Sources - Deloitte International Tax: Anguilla Highlights 2026: https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-shared/docs/services/tax/2026/dttl-tax-anguillahighlights-2026.pdf - World Bank WGI API, Anguilla (GOV_WGI_VA.EST): https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AIA/indicator/GOV_WGI_VA.EST?format=json&mrnev=1 - World Bank WGI API, Anguilla (GOV_WGI_PV.EST): https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AIA/indicator/GOV_WGI_PV.EST?format=json&mrnev=1 - World Bank WGI API, Anguilla (GOV_WGI_GE.EST): https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AIA/indicator/GOV_WGI_GE.EST?format=json&mrnev=1 - World Bank WGI API, Anguilla (GOV_WGI_RQ.EST): https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AIA/indicator/GOV_WGI_RQ.EST?format=json&mrnev=1 - World Bank WGI API, Anguilla (GOV_WGI_RL.EST): https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AIA/indicator/GOV_WGI_RL.EST?format=json&mrnev=1 - World Bank WGI API, Anguilla (GOV_WGI_CC.EST): https://api.worldbank.org/v2/country/AIA/indicator/GOV_WGI_CC.EST?format=json&mrnev=1 - Anguilla Statistics Department: Population tables (1.1 Population.xlsx): https://statistics.gov.ai/AllDocuments/1.1%20Population.xlsx - Omololu International School: Admissions (tuition): https://www.omololuschool.org/admissions - Axarealtor: Properties for Rent: https://www.axarealtor.com/properties-for-rent #### Change log - 2026-10-15: initial research. - 2026-10-15: added indicator_overrides for the six WGI estimates (World Bank API, 2025; Voice and Accountability 2017), which the pipeline missed because the API returns Anguilla without an ISO3 code; homicide, life expectancy and internet use still missing. - 2026-10-15: cost of living pass: added Omololu International School tuition (USD 9,000, international Grades 7-11); prime rent still not sourced. - 2026-10-15: rent re-checked (Island Dream Properties long-term label shows nightly rates only); still not sourced. - 2026-10-15: prime rent added: USD 4,000 a month, single 4-bed long-let listing (Axarealtor, Sile Bay); open question narrowed to sample size. - 2026-10-15: family rent re-checked against the upper-middle-class standard: kept. ## Residence and succession sources - [HCCH status table: 1985 Trusts Convention](https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/?cid=59) — Hague Conference on Private International Law - [HCCH extensions of the Trusts Convention: United Kingdom](https://www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/status-table/extensions/?cid=59&mid=710) — Hague Conference on Private International Law - [Anguilla Foundation Act (Cap. A62)](https://www.fsc.gov.ai/documents/Document%20Library/Legislation/A062-Anguilla%20Foundation%20Act.pdf) — Anguilla Financial Services Commission - [Private Foundations in the Common Law Caribbean: Variations on a Theme](https://www.ifcreview.com/?p=2042) — IFC Review - [Anguilla Special Trust Bill consultation note](https://www.fsc.org.ai/documents/Publications/Industry%20Updates/Consultation%20Note%20-%20The%20Anguilla%20Special%20Trust%20bill%20(ASTrA).pdf) — Anguilla Financial Services Commission