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🇬🇧 Tax residency in United Kingdom

Statutory Residence Test since 2013. 183-day rule is the headline; sub-183-day visits use the Sufficient Ties Test (4 ties: family, accommodation, work, 90-day prior-year). Non-domiciled regime ended April 2025.

Residency rules

Days rule
Statutory Residence Test (SRT): 183+ days = automatic resident; otherwise apply ties test
Tie-breaker
UK SRT decision tree (Automatic Tests + Sufficient Ties Test)
Treaty tie-breaker
Permanent home > centre of vital interests > habitual abode > nationality

Last verified 2026-04-28.

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