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UK Statutory Residence Test calculator

The UK SRT compares your days against your ties. Enter both and see whether the sufficient-ties test makes you UK resident for the current tax year.

Days & status

Were you UK resident in any of the previous 3 tax years?

Your UK ties

Questions

Working through the UK SRT

What is the UK Statutory Residence Test?

The SRT is how the UK decides tax residency. It runs in three stages: automatic overseas tests (which can make you definitely non-resident), automatic UK tests (including spending 183+ days in the UK), and the sufficient-ties test, which compares your UK days against the number of UK ties you have.

What are the UK ties?

There are five: a family tie, an accommodation tie, a work tie (40+ days working in the UK), a 90-day tie (90+ UK days in either of the prior two years), and a country tie (more days in the UK than any other country, applies to 'leavers' only).

What's the difference between an arriver and a leaver?

A 'leaver' was UK resident in one or more of the previous three tax years; a 'leaver' needs fewer ties to be resident at a given day count. An 'arriver' was not UK resident in any of the previous three years and gets more headroom.

Does this calculator replace HMRC's RDR3 guidance?

No. This is a simplified educational model of the sufficient-ties test. The full SRT also includes additional automatic tests, split-year treatment, and a deeming-days rule. Always confirm with HMRC's RDR3 guidance or a UK adviser.

Sources & further reading

Every rule on this page is drawn from primary sources. Verify the current law before making a residency decision.

  1. [1]RDR3: Statutory Residence Test guidanceHMRC
  2. [2]Tax on foreign income, UK residence and taxGOV.UK

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