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Browser-based, privacy-first calculators for the most common tax-residency rules. No signup, and nothing you enter leaves your device.

Quick residency check

A day-count check against each place's main threshold. Ties, homes and family can change the answer, so open the full calculator for your rule.

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Residency thresholds by country

PlaceThresholdCounting periodPartial daysCalculator
United States183 weighted days (SPT)Calendar year, 3-year formulaAny presence countsOpen
United Kingdom16 to 183 days, by ties (SRT)6 April to 5 AprilMidnight testOpen
Canada183 days, or residential tiesCalendar yearAny part of a day countsOpen
Australia183 days, plus other tests1 July to 30 JuneGenerally countsOpen
GermanyMore than 6 months, or a homeAny 12 months, spanning yearsGenerally countsOpen
France183 days, or home, work or economic centreCalendar yearGenerally countsOpen
SpainMore than 183 days, or economic or family centreCalendar yearSporadic absences can countOpen
PortugalMore than 183 days, or a habitual homeAny 12 monthsGenerally countsOpen
Cyprus60 days (with conditions) or 183Calendar yearArrival and departure rulesOpen
Panama183 daysCalendar yearGenerally countsOpen
Thailand180 daysCalendar yearGenerally countsOpen
New York184 days plus a permanent place of abodeCalendar yearAny part of a day countsOpen
Schengen Area90 days in any 180 (visa, not tax)Rolling 180 daysEntry and exit days countOpen

Why residency calculators disagree

Two calculators can give different answers for the same trips, and both can be right. The first reason is the counting period. Most countries count a calendar year, but the UK runs 6 April to 5 April, Australia 1 July to 30 June, and Germany, Portugal and several others look at any 12-month window, which can straddle two tax years.

The second is how partial days count. The US counts any presence during a day, the UK counts days you are in the country at midnight, and many countries count arrival and departure days in full. A long weekend trip can be one day in one system and three in another.

The third is the kind of test. A presence test, like the 183-day rule or the Substantial Presence Test, only looks at days. A ties test, like the UK Statutory Residence Test or Canada's residential ties, weighs your home, family and work alongside days, so you can be resident on far fewer days than the headline number.

Finally, when two countries both claim you, a tax treaty's tie-breaker decides which one wins for treaty purposes, using home, vital interests, habitual abode and nationality. That is a separate step from any day count.

Run the treaty tie-breaker test. Want the count kept for you instead? See the tax residency tracker.

Questions

Tax residency calculator questions

Is 183 days the rule everywhere?

No. It is the most common threshold, but Thailand uses 180 days, India 182, New York 184 with a home there, Cyprus has a 60-day route, and the UK can make you resident on as few as 16 days depending on your ties. Many countries also count homes and family, not only days.

Do travel days count?

Usually yes, but it depends on the rule. The US counts any part of a day, the UK counts days you are present at midnight, and Schengen counts both entry and exit days. Check how your country treats arrival and departure days before planning around a threshold.

Can I be tax resident in two countries?

Yes. Each country applies its own test, so two can claim you in the same year. If they have a tax treaty, its tie-breaker decides which one wins for treaty purposes. Our treaty tie-breaker test walks through it.

Is the Schengen 90/180 rule a tax rule?

No. It is a short-stay visa limit for non-EU visitors. You can stay well inside 90 days and still become tax resident in a Schengen country through a home or job there, or overstay the visa without becoming tax resident.

Do F-1 students count days for the Substantial Presence Test?

Generally not, for their first five calendar years in F, J, M or Q status: those are exempt days. After that, the days count. The Substantial Presence Test calculator applies the exempt years for you.

How do I prove my days in an audit?

With a record made at the time: a day-by-day log of where you were, backed by passport stamps, boarding passes and card statements. Reconstructing a year from memory is where most audits go wrong. Tax Days keeps that log automatically from your location and exports it as an audit-ready report.

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