Georgia · tax residency · 2026

How many days make you tax resident in Georgia?

183days
Tax residency thresholdchecked 2026-08-18 · matsne.gov.ge

183 days 183 or more days of actual stay in Georgia in any continuous 12-calendar-month period ending in the tax year; residence then applies for the entire current tax year makes you tax resident in Georgia — but the day count is only the test people know about.

Next step

One email when the app can tally these days for you.

How we know

Figures are as Revenue Service of Georgia — Tax Code published in the Legislative Herald of Georgia (Matsne) publishes them at matsne.gov.ge, checked 18 August 2026.

Day threshold
183 days 183 or more days of actual stay in Georgia in any continuous 12-calendar-month period ending in the tax year; residence then applies for the entire current tax year
Tax year
1 January – 31 December
Other tests
Article 34 of the Tax Code of Georgia: a person is a Georgian resident for the whole tax year if they actually stayed in Georgia for 183 or more days in any continuous 12-calendar-month period ending in that tax year, or if they were abroad in the public service of Georgia during that tax year. Time spent outside Georgia specifically for treatment, leisure, business trip or education counts as time of actual stay in Georgia. Time is NOT counted where the person was in Georgia as a person with diplomatic or consular status or their family member; as an employee of an international organisation acting under a Georgian international agreement, or in the public service of a foreign country in Georgia, or their family member (other than Georgian citizens); while moving from one foreign country to another via Georgia; or for treatment or leisure. Separately, Georgian residency may be granted without the day test to a high net worth individual, under the procedure and conditions determined by the Minister of Finance of Georgia; a high net worth individual is a person as defined by the Law of Georgia on Securities Market. Residency may also be granted to a Georgian citizen whose residency cannot be established in relation to any country, on application to the tax authority, and to a foreign natural person in cases and under a procedure defined by the Minister of Finance.
Worldwide income
No — territorial system
Special regimes
Small business status: taxable income of a person with small business status is taxed at 1%, rising to 3% if gross income from economic activities exceeds GEL 500,000 (GEL 700,000 for wine tourism and agro tourism operators), from the beginning of the month in which the limit is exceeded until the end of the calendar year. High net worth individual residency under art. 34(6) grants Georgian residency without meeting the 183-day test, on conditions set by ministerial order; those conditions were not retrieved in this run, so the commonly quoted wealth and income figures are deliberately not stated here.
Authority
Revenue Service of Georgia — Tax Code published in the Legislative Herald of Georgia (Matsne)
Official page
matsne.gov.ge
Checked
18 August 2026

Sources are listed further down the page.

How the counting works

Georgia taxes residents territorially: article 82(1)(u) of the Tax Code exempts from income tax 'income (including gain) received by a resident natural person, which does not belong to Georgian source income'. Article 79 makes the income tax payers a resident natural person and a non-resident natural person earning Georgian-source income. Day-counting convention published in article 34(5): 'The day of actual stay in the territory of Georgia shall be the day, during which a natural person stayed in Georgia irrespective of the length of the stay' — part-days count as whole days. Article 34(8) adds that residency is established for each tax period separately and days counted for residency in a previous tax period are not taken into account in later periods. Cited source is the official Legislative Herald (matsne.gov.ge) English consolidation; the Revenue Service's own site (rs.ge) was reachable but no equivalent English rules page was located without a working search tool.

Why the day count is the part you can control

Ties, homes and intentions are argued after the fact; days are a record. That is why the first thing an adviser asks for is a list of the days you were in the country — and why reconstructing it from boarding passes and photos a year later is a bad afternoon. Log each stay as it happens and the tally is simply there, with the dates that produced it. If you are moving to Georgia to work remotely, the Georgia digital nomad visa page covers the permission side.

Sources

Questions people ask about Georgia tax residency

How many days can you spend in Georgia before becoming tax resident?

183 days 183 or more days of actual stay in Georgia in any continuous 12-calendar-month period ending in the tax year; residence then applies for the entire current tax year makes you tax resident in Georgia; the system is territorial, so foreign income may fall outside it. Days are not the only route in: Article 34 of the Tax Code of Georgia: a person is a Georgian resident for the whole tax year if they actually stayed in Georgia for 183 or more days in any continuous 12-calendar-month period ending in that tax year, or if they were abroad in the public service of Georgia during that tax year. Time spent outside Georgia specifically for treatment, leisure, business trip or education counts as time of actual stay in Georgia. Time is NOT counted where the person was in Georgia as a person with diplomatic or consular status or their family member; as an employee of an international organisation acting under a Georgian international agreement, or in the public service of a foreign country in Georgia, or their family member (other than Georgian citizens); while moving from one foreign country to another via Georgia; or for treatment or leisure. Separately, Georgian residency may be granted without the day test to a high net worth individual, under the procedure and conditions determined by the Minister of Finance of Georgia; a high net worth individual is a person as defined by the Law of Georgia on Securities Market. Residency may also be granted to a Georgian citizen whose residency cannot be established in relation to any country, on application to the tax authority, and to a foreign natural person in cases and under a procedure defined by the Minister of Finance. Checked 18 August 2026 against matsne.gov.ge.

When is Georgia's tax year?

1 January – 31 December. Day counts are measured against that year unless the rule names a different period — here, 183 or more days of actual stay in Georgia in any continuous 12-calendar-month period ending in the tax year; residence then applies for the entire current tax year.

Are residents of Georgia taxed on worldwide income?

Not in the usual way: Georgia taxes on a territorial basis, so foreign-source income may fall outside the net. Small business status: taxable income of a person with small business status is taxed at 1%, rising to 3% if gross income from economic activities exceeds GEL 500,000 (GEL 700,000 for wine tourism and agro tourism operators), from the beginning of the month in which the limit is exceeded until the end of the calendar year. High net worth individual residency under art. 34(6) grants Georgian residency without meeting the 183-day test, on conditions set by ministerial order; those conditions were not retrieved in this run, so the commonly quoted wealth and income figures are deliberately not stated here. Confirm your own position with the authority or an adviser.

Is there a special tax regime for people moving to Georgia?

Small business status: taxable income of a person with small business status is taxed at 1%, rising to 3% if gross income from economic activities exceeds GEL 500,000 (GEL 700,000 for wine tourism and agro tourism operators), from the beginning of the month in which the limit is exceeded until the end of the calendar year. High net worth individual residency under art. 34(6) grants Georgian residency without meeting the 183-day test, on conditions set by ministerial order; those conditions were not retrieved in this run, so the commonly quoted wealth and income figures are deliberately not stated here. Conditions and time limits apply; the official page below is the place to check them.

How does Stretch count tax days for Georgia?

Every stay you log feeds the tally: Stretch counts the days you were present against the 183-day threshold in the right window, so "how long was I actually there?" is answered before your accountant asks. Tax-day tallies are part of Stretch+; the day counter and the alerts are free forever.