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Brazil tax residency: the 184‑day rule

Brazil 184 days

Tax days
184days within up to 12 months (temporary visa)

On a temporary visa you become a Brazilian tax resident on the day you complete 184 days in Brazil, consecutive or not, within a period of up to twelve months.12

Non-resident
Entering on a temporary visa and staying up to 183 days, consecutive or not, in a period of up to 12 months keeps you a non-resident.32
Short of the line
If you do not complete 184 days in the twelve months, a new period of up to twelve months is counted from the entry after the one that started the previous count.4
Permanent visa
Entering with a permanent visa makes you a resident from the date of arrival.5
Work visa
Entering on a temporary visa to work with an employment contract makes you a resident from the date of arrival. The same applies to Mais Médicos grant-holding doctors.6
Before the line
Until the count completes, income you receive in Brazil is taxed as non-resident income.7
Leaving
If you leave Brazil temporarily, you stay a resident for the first twelve consecutive months of absence. Leaving permanently without the final exit notice has the same twelve-month effect.8

Questions people ask

How many days in Brazil make me a tax resident?

On a temporary visa you become a Brazilian tax resident on the day you complete 184 days in Brazil, consecutive or not, within a period of up to twelve months.12

How many days can I stay without becoming a tax resident?

Entering on a temporary visa and staying up to 183 days, consecutive or not, in a period of up to 12 months keeps you a non-resident.32

Does a permanent or work visa change the count?

Entering with a permanent visa makes you a resident from the date of arrival.5 Entering on a temporary visa to work with an employment contract makes you a resident from the date of arrival. The same applies to Mais Médicos grant-holding doctors.6

What happens if I do not reach 184 days?

If you do not complete 184 days in the twelve months, a new period of up to twelve months is counted from the entry after the one that started the previous count.4

How is my income taxed before the count completes?

Until the count completes, income you receive in Brazil is taxed as non-resident income.7

Sources

2 laws and 6 official pages, each with its exact words
  1. Receita Federal, residente e não residente · Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian federal tax authority) · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words 184 dias, consecutivos ou não, de permanência no Brasil, dentro de um período de até doze meses 184 days, consecutive or not, of presence in Brazil, within a period of up to twelve months
  2. RIR (Decreto 9.580/2018), art. 17, II · Presidência da República, Planalto · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words permanecer por período superior a cento e oitenta e três dias, consecutivos ou não, contados, no intervalo de doze meses, da data de qualquer chegada stays for more than one hundred eighty-three days, consecutive or not, counted within a twelve-month interval from the date of any arrival
  3. Receita Federal, residente e não residente · Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian federal tax authority) · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words entre no Brasil com visto temporário e permaneça até 183 dias, consecutivos ou não, em um período de até 12 meses enters Brazil on a temporary visa and stays up to 183 days, consecutive or not, in a period of up to 12 months
  4. Receita Federal, residente e não residente · Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian federal tax authority) · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words novo período de até doze meses será contado a partir da data do ingresso seguinte àquele em que se iniciou a contagem anterior a new period of up to twelve months is counted from the entry following the one in which the previous count began
  5. Receita Federal, residente e não residente · Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian federal tax authority) · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words visto permanente, na data da chegada permanent visa, on the date of arrival
  6. Receita Federal, residente e não residente · Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian federal tax authority) · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words para trabalhar com vínculo empregatício ou atuar como médico bolsista no âmbito do Programa Mais Médicos de que trata a Medida Provisória nº 621, de 8 de julho de 2013, convertida na Lei nº 12.871, de 22 de outubro de 2013, na data da chegada to work with an employment contract or to act as a grant-holding doctor under the Mais Médicos Programme (Provisional Measure 621 of 8 July 2013, converted into Law 12,871 of 22 October 2013), on the date of arrival.
  7. RIR (Decreto 9.580/2018), art. 17, parágrafo único · Presidência da República, Planalto · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words Os rendimentos percebidos no território nacional pelas pessoas de que trata o inciso II do caput serão tributados como aqueles de não residentes Income received in national territory by the people covered by item II is taxed as that of non-residents.
  8. Receita Federal, residente e não residente · Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian federal tax authority) · read 26 Oct 2026
    Exact words saia do Brasil em caráter temporário, ou se retire em caráter permanente do território nacional sem apresentar a comunicação de saída definitiva do país, durante os primeiros doze meses consecutivos de ausência leaves Brazil temporarily, or leaves national territory permanently without filing the final exit notice, during the first twelve consecutive months of absence
Checked against Regulamento do Imposto sobre a Renda (Decreto 9.580/2018) on 26 Oct 2026 Updated 26 Oct 2026

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