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Leaving a jurisdiction is rarely free. Deemed disposals, expatriation tax, accelerated CGT on unrealised gains. Most exit charges fire on a date you can choose, if you know they exist. Heed tracks exit rules across multiple jurisdictions and helps you sequence the move.
Exit tax is the silent killer. France, Germany, the Netherlands, the US, and many others tax unrealised gains on departure.
Timing matters. Realising before or after the move can shift a six-figure liability either way.
The rules keep changing. Germany expanded Wegzugsbesteuerung in 2022, France keeps tweaking the deferral regime, the US 877A exemption gets indexed annually.
Snapshot for orientation. The full picture for all jurisdictions lives in your dashboard.
Rarely. Most exit-tax regimes fire on the date you cease residency, not on the date you sell. The decision is whether to realise before or after. and that decision benefits from modelling, not improvisation.
No. Heed is an intelligence layer, not an advisory service. We tell you which rules exist, when they change, and what scenarios produce what outcomes, so you can have a sharper conversation with your tax advisor.
The UK has no general exit charge (though temporary non-residence rules apply). Many low-tax jurisdictions like UAE, Monaco, and Cayman have no exit tax. The rankings in the dashboard show this filter.
We surface the treaty position alongside domestic rules, so when modelling a move you can see whether the tie-breaker shifts residency mid-year and what that does to the exit calculation.