🇦🇺 Australia tax residency calculator
Enter your stays in Australia (and anywhere else — one ledger feeds every country) and the calculator applies the Australian rule over the 1 july – 30 june income year, shows the exact day count against 183 days (one of four tests), and tells you how many safe days remain.
Your travel ledger
Paste your travel list (one stay per line)
Format: YYYY-MM-DD ~ YYYY-MM-DD XX with the two-letter code of a
country on this site, or a single day YYYY-MM-DD XX. This site's CSV exports can be
re-imported as-is.
How the Australian rule works
Australian residency has four statutory tests under section 6(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, and meeting any one of them makes you a resident: the ordinary-concepts "resides" test, the domicile test (unless your permanent place of abode is outside Australia), the 183-day test, and the superannuation test for public-servant posts overseas.
The 183-day test counts presence during more than half the year of income — Australia’s income year runs 1 July to 30 June, not the calendar year. You fail the test (i.e. remain non-resident under it) only if you were present more than half the income year AND maintained a permanent place of abode outside Australia. The calculator measures your July–June window and flags the permanent-abode condition separately.
In practice the "resides" test, interpreted with ATO Taxation Ruling TR 98/17 (intention and purpose of presence, family, business, assets, social and living arrangements), is what most disputes turn on. Digital nomads with a home, partner and business elsewhere usually argue the domicile test’s permanent-place-of-abode exception and the resides test together.
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, s 6(1), Definition of "resident" — resides, domicile, 183-day and superannuation tests — official text
- ATO Taxation Ruling TR 98/17, Income tax: residency status of individuals entering Australia — official text
Every calculation above follows the cited publications. If a rule changes, the verification date above is updated — pages with stale dates are flagged for re-verification.
What this calculator does not decide
- The 183-day test is only one of four statutory tests. You can be Australian tax resident under the ordinary "resides" test (ATO TR 98/17) or the domicile test even with fewer than 183 days.
- The 183-day test runs over the income year (1 July–30 June) and does not make you resident if you maintain a permanent place of abode outside Australia — a condition this calculator cannot assess.
- Working-holiday makers are treated specially: their Australian-sourced income is taxed at flat rates from the first dollar regardless of residency.
- If another country also treats you as resident, the Australia–X treaty tie-breaker decides.
Australia residency FAQs
How many days can I stay in Australia without becoming tax resident?
For the 183-day test the count runs over the income year (1 July–30 June): staying 183 days or more in that window makes you resident unless you maintain a permanent place of abode outside Australia. Below that, you can still become resident under the ordinary "resides" test if your life is substantially based in Australia.
Why does the calculator count July to June?
Australia’s year of income runs 1 July to 30 June, so the statutory 183-day test spans two calendar years. The calculator shows your presence for the income year ending in the selected year.
I spent over 183 days in Australia but my permanent home is overseas. Am I resident?
The 183-day test does not apply to you if you maintain a permanent place of abode outside Australia — but you can still be resident under the "resides" test depending on your overall pattern of life. This is the most litigated area; get advice if your stay is long.
Does the day I arrive in Australia count?
The calculator counts every day on which you are present at any time, including arrival and departure days, consistent with day-counting practice for the 183-day test.