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Tax residency in Netherlands: what its law actually says

Low confidenceReviewed in September 2026

Our approximation, not the law

183days in calendar year
Window
Calendar year
How it counts
Any presence during the day
Direction
Reaching the threshold makes you resident

How the days are counted

The Netherlands has no day rule at all: the law says where you live is judged by the circumstances, and the number 183 appears nowhere in the text. This counter is only a practical gauge, the one treaties use, so you can see how long you have been there. It decides nothing.

Also, if you emigrate and come back within a year without having lived in another state, you are treated as resident throughout.

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