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Iceland day-count rules

Spending time in Iceland? The rules below can affect tax residency, your right to remain and any path to residence or citizenship. This page brings Iceland's day-count rules together — each explained in plain English, with a calculator and a link to the official source.

Tax residency

• 🇮🇸Avoid Iceland tax residencyResidence is triggered at 183 days in any 365 days, so the safe ceiling is 182. Day count is one test among several in most systems — ties, home and centre of interests can make you resident on fewer days.<=182 / 365
• 🇮🇸Become Iceland tax residentReaching 183 days in any 365 days triggers residence under the day-count test.>=183 / 365