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What to give an accountant who asks for proof of your residency days

Hand over a year of entry and exit dates, day totals by country, and which trips are backed by a second source. A typed spreadsheet with no corroboration is a weak pack.

October 18, 2026Data reviewed 2026-10-18Residency

TL;DR — Key Takeaways

  • →Include trips (country, entry, exit), day totals by country, and the tax year covered.
  • →Say which trips are confirmed by a second source and which are only self-reported.
  • →Call out conflicts (two sources, same dates, different countries) instead of hiding them.
  • →A PDF of days is planning evidence. It is not a filed tax return.

Short answer

Give the accountant a year pack: every trip, days per country, and how strong the proof is. They need dates they can tie to a question about residence, not a highlights reel.

What belongs in the pack

  • Tax year and home-country assumption, if you have one
  • Table of trips: country, entry date, exit date
  • Day totals by country, including days near a 183-day threshold
  • Schengen 90/180 usage if EU trips are part of the year
  • A note of which trips match a second source (calendar import and a manual or CSV row) and which do not

Domicyle Premium exports a Residency Audit Pack PDF from the Residency Tracker. The export includes the trip table and a Verified column for trips corroborated by two independent sources, plus a plain count of how many trips and days that covers. It is generated from data you entered or imported. It does not replace a preparer's workpapers.

Educational planning only — not tax advice.

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