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The 183-day tax residency counter

Spend more than 183 days of a calendar year in Spain and Spain will normally treat you as a tax resident on your worldwide income. Count your days here before the year gets away from you.

Your days in Spain

The Spanish tax year is the calendar year — it doesn't roll like the Schengen window. Add each stay inside the year you're checking.

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0
days in Spain this year
183
days before residency

Threshold: more than 183 days in the calendar year

    Counting days is only the first of three tests. Spain also treats you as tax resident if your main centre of economic interests is here, and it presumes residency if your spouse and dependent minor children live here. Short trips abroad are usually treated as "sporadic absences" and still counted unless you can prove tax residency in another country. This tool is a day counter, not tax advice — if the answer matters to you, take it to a tax adviser before the year closes.

    Why people get this wrong

    Four things that surprise almost everyone in their first year.

    1

    It's all or nothing

    There is no part-year residency in Spain. Cross the line and you are treated as resident for the whole calendar year, not from the day you arrived.

    2

    Worldwide income

    A Spanish tax resident declares income from everywhere — foreign salary, pensions, rental income, dividends, capital gains — not just what was earned in Spain.

    3

    Residency permit ≠ tax residency

    They are separate systems with separate rules. Holding a visa doesn't automatically make you a tax resident, and being a tax resident doesn't give you the right to live here.

    4

    There may be a better regime

    Some new arrivals qualify for Spain's special expatriate regime — the "Beckham Law" — which taxes Spanish-source employment income at a flat rate for several years. It has strict conditions and deadlines, so it is worth asking early.

    Planning the move itself?

    The month you arrive changes which tax year catches you. We can build your application around that.

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