Where were you, and for how long?
Record every trip in the tax year, see your Cyprus day count against both residency tests, and download a signed log to send with a residency certificate application.
Add your travel to see the count.
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Add a trip
Every country, not just Cyprus, the 60-day test depends on how long you spent elsewhere.
The day you arrive in Cyprus counts as a day in Cyprus; the day you leave counts as a day outside it. Nothing is saved or sent, close the page and it is gone.
| Country | Dates | Days |
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Download the log
Applying for a tax residency certificate? Download the log as a dated PDF, sign it, and send it to us with your request. It is the document we ask for most often.
Add your travel and your name, then download.
This is a record, not advice. Day counting has conventions, and where another country also claims you as resident a treaty tie-breaker may decide it. Speak to us before relying on the figure.
The two routes to residency
The 183-day rule
More than 183 days in Cyprus in a calendar year and you are tax resident. Nothing else is required.
The 60-day rule
A shorter route, with four conditions that must all hold:
- At least 60 days in Cyprus during the year
- Not more than 183 days in any one other country
- Business, employment or a directorship in Cyprus at some point in the year
- A permanent home in Cyprus, owned or rented
Two mistakes recur. Treating it as a 60-day rule and ignoring the rest. And letting the Cyprus employment or directorship lapse mid-year, which breaks the qualification retrospectively.
This is also why the log asks for every country, not only Cyprus. Spending too long in one other place breaks the 60-day route even when the Cyprus days are fine.
Need the certificate?
We apply for tax residency certificates regularly. Send us the log and we will take it from there.
Speak to usResidency is only half of it
Being resident decides which country taxes you. Being domiciled decides whether you pay Special Defence Contribution on dividends and interest.
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