🇸🇬 Singapore tax residency calculator
Enter your stays in Singapore (and anywhere else — one ledger feeds every country) and the calculator applies the Singapore rule over the calendar year, shows the exact day count against 183 days, 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.
How the Singapore rule works
Under Singapore’s Income Tax Act and IRAS guidance, an individual who stays or works in Singapore for 183 days or more in a calendar year is a tax resident for that year. Employment income of non-residents is otherwise taxed at a flat 24% (or 15% gross for employment), while residents enjoy progressive rates and reliefs — so the 183-day line has direct money consequences.
Two adjacent rules matter. The 3-year rule: if you stay or work in Singapore for 3 consecutive years, you are resident for all three years regardless of the day count in each. The 60-day concession: a non-resident employee present 61–182 days is taxed only on days worked in Singapore (with exclusions for directors, entertainers and professionals).
Singapore taxes residents mainly on Singapore-sourced employment and business income — foreign-sourced income received in Singapore is generally exempt for individuals. Residency therefore changes rates and reliefs more than it changes the scope of what is taxed.
- Income Tax Act 1947 (Singapore), s.13(4) and Part II — resident/non-resident individuals — official text
- IRAS, Individuals — "Determination of residence status" (183-day, 3-year rule, 60-day concession) — 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 3-consecutive-year rule can make you resident even when each year is below 183 days; it is not modeled by the day counter.
- The 61–182 day short-term employment concession (and its exclusions for directors, entertainers, professionals) affects tax rates, not residency, and is not modeled.
- Director’s fees are taxed at the non-resident flat rate regardless of the day count.
- If another country also treats you as resident, the applicable double-tax treaty tie-breaker decides.
Singapore residency FAQs
How many days can I stay in Singapore without becoming tax resident?
Up to 182 days in the calendar year. From 183 days you are a tax resident for that year. Watch the 3-year rule: three consecutive years of staying/working in Singapore makes you resident for all of them even below 183 days each.
Does the day I arrive in Singapore count?
The calculator counts every day on which you are present at any time, including arrival and departure days, consistent with IRAS day-counting practice.
I am on a short project for 4 months. Am I resident?
No — below 183 days you are a non-resident, and the 60-day concession may tax you only on days worked in Singapore. Directors, public entertainers and exercise of a profession are excluded from that concession.
Is Singapore tax residency the same as PR status?
No. Permanent Residence is an immigration status. Tax residency is computed year by year from your presence (or employment) and determines how your income is taxed.