New Zealand 183 days
Tax daysMore than 183 days in any 12-month period makes you a New Zealand tax resident, unless you are a non-resident visitor.1
- A day is
- Parts of days, such as the days you arrive and leave, count as whole days. The 183 days do not need to follow each other.2
- Backdated
- Your tax residency is backdated to the first of the 183 days.3
- Also counts
- A permanent place of abode in New Zealand also makes you a tax resident.1
- Ties
- To judge a permanent place of abode you may need to consider your ties, such as how often you return, how long you spend here, and your family and social connections.45
- Visitors
- You can be a non-resident visitor if you stay up to 275 days in total in any 18-month period and meet the listed conditions, such as not being paid by a New Zealand resident.67
- Leaving
- A resident becomes a non-resident taxpayer with no permanent place of abode in New Zealand and more than 325 days away in any 12-month period.8
- Days away
- Part-days spent in New Zealand, such as the day you leave, do not count as days away. The 325 days do not need to follow each other.9