I have asked OST to include a schedule of costs, brokerage, commissions, easy trader costs under their tax statements in order to have some sort of deduction against trading profits. I live in hope!All my other Asset Managers supply me with that info. I disclose my Investment account results as CGT irrespective of the 3 year rule and they seem to accept it, it also helps the way that OST disclose it on their Tax statements. I disclose my Warrants and derivatives account results as a seperate business. I am trying to deduct expenses like depreciation on my PC,Bank charges, DSTV subs,telephone expenses. Last year they accepted a number of these expenses so again live in hope. If you do efiling they will ringfence your Derivative trading however you would need to go into SARS as invariably your documents would be to large to upload via direct scanning. But as they ring fence it dispute it. They have 21 days to respond to your dispute once you have supplied the supporting documentation. My 2c...
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