Cross-border tax

Decision-support tools for expatriates. Nothing is saved.

Physical presence test

Only DTAs that define a South African resident as 'ordinarily resident' override this test (a presence-only resident is not a treaty resident of SA under those). For any other DTA the test still applies and the tie-breaker resolves dual residence.

ResultNot resident
  • Not resident under the physical presence test.
  • The current (6th) year has 0 days; it must exceed 91.
  • Each of the first five years must exceed 91 days; below threshold: year 1 (0), year 2 (0), year 3 (0), year 4 (0), year 5 (0).
  • The five-year total is 0 days; it must exceed 915.