Enter your stays and answers, then click Run the test.
Result
Each test in order
| Test | Outcome | Why |
|---|
Ties
| Tie | Present |
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What it does, and what it leaves to you
- Covers: the three automatic overseas tests, the three automatic UK tests and the sufficient ties test for leavers and arrivers, with days counted as midnights, overlapping stays merged and up to 60 exceptional days removed.
- Gives: the test that decided and why, the ties present against the number needed, and the days of headroom (or the days to cut) that change the answer. The full threshold table is in the ties table guide.
- Not decided: split-year treatment, the deeming rule, deaths in the year, Crown and forces employees, domicile and the remittance basis, double tax treaty tie-breakers, and whether a particular home or work pattern meets HMRC's wording. You answer those questions; HMRC or an adviser decides them.
Common questions
What is the UK Statutory Residence Test?
A three-part test that decides whether you are UK resident for a tax year (6 April to 5 April). First the automatic overseas tests, then the automatic UK tests, and if neither settles it, the sufficient ties test, which compares your days in the UK against the ties you keep here.
Is the 183-day rule the whole test?
No. 183 days or more in the UK makes you resident, but you can be resident on far fewer days: with a UK home, a UK-resident family, work here and days from earlier years, as few as 16 days can be enough for someone who recently left.
What counts as a day in the UK?
A day you are in the UK at midnight at the end of it. Arriving on the 10th and leaving on the 15th is 5 days. Passing through on the same day, or being in transit, is generally not a day. Up to 60 days of exceptional circumstances can be left out.
What is the difference between a leaver and an arriver?
A leaver was UK resident in at least one of the previous three tax years; an arriver was not. Leavers have five possible ties (including the country tie) and a stricter table; arrivers have four.
Does this decide whether I am UK resident?
No. It runs the published test on the dates and answers you type and shows which step decided. It does not model split-year treatment, the deeming rule or deaths in the year. Check HMRC's RDR3 guidance or an adviser.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is sent.