International Money — Cross-Border Finance Guides
By Chuck, MyFinanceAtlas — New section, October 2026
MyFinanceAtlas already gives you country-specific calculators and guides for South Africa, the UK, China, Japan and Singapore. International Money extends the same approach to money that crosses borders: earning, spending, saving and comparing across countries and currencies. The section is live now — five country sections with verified guides and five cross-border calculators, published country by country with the same rules as the rest of the site: only verifiable official sources, every figure dated, every formula explained, and every calculator running privately in your browser.
What International Money Covers
Three central subjects, applied to each country the section covers.
International income and money management
How salaries are structured and taxed, which documents banks and employers ask for, how to hold and convert currencies, and what changes when you are paid in one country and spend in another.
Cost of living and financial planning
What everyday life actually costs — rent, groceries, transport, insurance, schooling — and how to build a realistic budget before you move, in the local currency and in your own.
Cross-border financial comparisons
Side-by-side comparisons of salaries, taxes, bank fees, rent and everyday prices between countries, so you can see what a similar job and lifestyle really cost in two places at once.
The Five Country Sections
All five countries are live now — Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai focus), Georgia (Tbilisi focus) and Panama (Panama City focus). Each launched with a small number of deep, verified guides — not thin placeholder pages.
Switzerland
Swiss Franc (CHF) Salary structures and payslip deductions, health-insurance premiums, rental and everyday costs — verified against official Swiss sources, every figure dated. Live · 2 guides Open section →Liechtenstein
Swiss Franc (CHF) Incomes and living costs, the currency and customs union with Switzerland, and cross-border commuting — verified against official Liechtenstein sources, every figure dated. Live · 2 guides Open section →United Arab Emirates (Dubai focus)
UAE Dirham (AED) Salaries and the zero-tax reality, end-of-service gratuity, housing fees and Dubai living costs — verified against official UAE sources, every figure dated. Live · 2 guides Open section →Georgia (Tbilisi focus)
Georgian Lari (GEL) Incomes and taxes, tax residency and the 183-day rule, and Tbilisi living costs — verified against official Georgian sources, every figure dated. Live · 2 guides Open section →Panama (Panama City focus)
US Dollar (USD) Incomes and taxes in the dollarized economy, tax residency and the 183-day rule, and Panama City living costs — verified against official Panamanian sources, every figure dated. Live · 2 guides Open section →How the rollout was completed
Each country got its own directory as its guides were published — /international/switzerland/, /international/liechtenstein/, /international/uae/ (Dubai first), /international/georgia/ (Tbilisi first) and /international/panama/ (Panama City first) are all live now, each with two deep, verified guides. The five cross-border calculators below follow the same pattern as the existing country calculators: every one runs in the browser with verified official anchors where they exist and your own numbers where they do not. Nothing is published until its figures are checked.
The Five International Calculators
All five are live now — each runs entirely in your browser, recomputes as you type, shows its formulas and keeps every assumption editable.
International Cost of Living Calculator
CHF · AED · GEL · USD Compare your monthly cost of living across Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the UAE (Dubai), Georgia (Tbilisi) and Panama — official statistics where they exist, your own numbers where they do not. Live Open calculator →International Salary Comparison Calculator
Gross-to-net · 5 markets Compare gross-to-net salary estimates across Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the UAE, Georgia and Panama using verified 2026 statutory rates — income tax you enter yourself where it cannot be computed. Live Open calculator →International Relocation Budget Calculator
One-time + monthly Build a relocation budget for Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the UAE, Georgia or Panama — one-time moving costs separated from ongoing monthly costs, first-year total and savings runway. Live Open calculator →International Transfer Cost Calculator
Fees + rate markup See the real cost of an international money transfer: fixed fees, percentage fees and the exchange-rate markup separated line by line, two providers compared side by side. Live Open calculator →International Savings Calculator
CHF · AED · GEL · USD Project a savings plan in Swiss francs, dirhams, lari or US dollars — initial deposit, monthly contributions, your own interest rate and compounding frequency, optional fees and inflation. Live Open calculator →How We Research International Money
Official sources, dated
Every guide starts from central banks, statistics offices, tax authorities and regulators — and every figure states where it came from and the date it was checked. See our methodology and editorial policy.
Depth before breadth
Each country launches with a small number of deep guides rather than a wall of thin pages. If a number cannot be verified against an official source, it does not get published.
Calculators that explain themselves
Cross-border calculators run entirely in your browser, recompute as you type, show their formulas, and keep every assumption editable — never a black box, never a guess at “the” rate.
Educational Disclaimer
International Money is educational information about personal finance, not financial, tax or legal advice. Cross-border tax, banking and residency rules change often and depend on your citizenship, residence and personal circumstances — what applies to one reader may not apply to another. Figures on every page state their source and the date they were verified. Before acting on anything you read here, confirm the current rules with the relevant authority and a qualified adviser.
Questions
What is International Money?
International Money is the cross-border section of MyFinanceAtlas. It covers international income and money management, cost of living and financial planning, and cross-border financial comparisons — for Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Arab Emirates (with a Dubai focus), Georgia and Panama, alongside the existing country sections for South Africa, the UK, China, Japan and Singapore.
Which countries does International Money cover?
Five new countries: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Arab Emirates (beginning with Dubai), Georgia and Panama — and all five are live now, each following the same accuracy-first rules as the rest of MyFinanceAtlas: only verifiable official sources, every figure dated.
Which guides and calculators does International Money include?
Everything is published and live now: all five country sections — Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai focus), Georgia and Panama — with two guides each, plus five cross-border calculators — cost of living, salary comparison, relocation budget, transfer cost and savings — that run in your browser, recompute instantly and explain their formulas, with editable assumptions — the same approach as the existing MyFinanceAtlas tools.