Count your days in Cyprus.

By the 183-day rule or the 60-day rule. Spend more than 183 days in Cyprus in a calendar year and you're tax resident for that year. With fewer days, the 60-day rule can still make you resident if all its conditions hold.

You're tax resident for the year if all four hold: at least 60 days in Cyprus; no more than 183 days in any other single country; a business, a job, or an office such as director in a Cyprus tax resident company at some point in the year, not ended during it; and a permanent home in Cyprus, owned or rented. From 2026, you no longer also need to show you aren't tax resident anywhere else.

More than 183, so at least 184 days in the calendar year. With exactly 183, only the 60-day rule can make you resident.

The day you arrive counts as a day in Cyprus and the day you leave as a day outside. Arrive and leave on the same day, and that's one day in Cyprus. Leave and come back on the same day, and that's one day outside.

No. Residence permits and tax residency are separate, decided by different authorities under different laws. Tax residency depends only on your days and, for the 60-day rule, your ties to Cyprus.

With a tax residency certificate from the Tax Department. Banks and foreign tax offices ask for it. Keep the evidence behind it too: travel records for your days, your lease or deeds, and your Cyprus job or company documents.