Do I need to file with the IRS?

Instructions

In the calculator below, enter the number of days spent in the USA during the respective years. Note that you are considered to have spent a day in the USA if you were present in the USA at any point during the day. However, you do not need to include any of the following:

• Days where you regularly commuted to work in the USA from Canada or Mexico.

• Days where you were in the USA for less than 24 hours and you were travelling between two places outside of the USA.

• Days you were temporarily in the USA as a crew member of a foreign vessel engaged in transportation between the USA and a foreign country.

• Days spent in the USA because you were unable to leave due to a medical condition that arose during a legal visit to the USA.

• Days you were an exempt individual: a foreign government employee, teacher or trainee, student, professional athlete competing in a charitable event.