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Tax residency in Chad

How to become a tax resident — and how hard it is to leave.

How to become a tax resident

Typically after 183+ days of presence in a year — or any of:

• having at one's disposal a dwelling place in Chad as owner, usufructuary or tenant for a minimum period of one year
• living in Chad for more than 183 days in the relevant year
• having the centre of economic interests in Chad

Chad offers no investment or digital-nomad paths, so a foreign individual generally needs a long-stay visa plus employer-sponsored work permit and then a resident card to live there longer term.

Tax residency is based on physical presence, a qualifying dwelling, or centre of economic interests, so in practice it can usually be ended by leaving Chad, giving up a long‑term home there, and shifting economic ties.

“A natural person is considered a resident in Chad for PIT purposes when it can be determined that the person: has at one's disposal a dwelling place in Chad, as an owner, an usufructuary, or a tenant, for a minimum period of one year; lives in Chad for more than 183 days; or has a centre of economic interests in Chad.[1]” — PwC summary of Chadian tax law, quoting domestic rules

Estimate — confirm against the linked sources. See methodology.