US person

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The term ‘US person’ means:

  • a citizen or resident of the United States
  • a partnership created or organised in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any state, or the District of Columbia
  • a corporation created or organised in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any state, or the District of Columbia
  • any estate or trust other than a foreign estate or foreign trust (see Internal Revenue Code section 7701(a)(31) for the definition of a foreign estate and a foreign trust)
  • a person that meets the substantial presence test
  • any other person that is not a foreign person eg: passport holder, green card holder, or resident of the US

To meet this test, you must be physically present in the United States (U.S.) on at least:

  1. 31 days during the current year, and
  2. 183 days during the 3-year period that includes the current year and the 2 years immediately before that, counting:
    • All the days you were present in the current year, and
    • 1/3 of the days you were present in the first year before the current year, and
    • 1/6 of the days you were present in the second year before the current year.