RE: At last7 Sep 2024 10:10
Maximising
I know exactly what you mean!!
It's the 30 day rule and how different platforms record your trades / averages that's baffled me.
I've for example had 20k shares in shoezone averaged at 1.75 and sold 10k at 1.75, then rebought 10k at 1.40 within the next 30 days. So theoretically I've paid 3.5k less for the same amount of shares, and theoretically reducing my average down to 157.5 however after the trade is completed my AJB app says that I have 20k shares still at 1.75 and shows that I'm 7k down.
But I'm not I say to myself, I've got 3.5k cash and the same shares. So after a period if time and doing it with various shares you lose track.
They tell me it's because how they're required to record trades / amounts for HMRC accounting purposes. But II records it as it is ignoring the 30 day rule.
I think Mary is probably the Godmother of add and trim, and probably has a system to not confuse herself.
When it comes to doing my CGT return each year there would hundreds of trades to go through (outside Isa/Sipp) to determine correct averages for accurate profit/loss hmrc purposes. So I've found a website capitalgainscalculator.com that enables you to put each trade in a specific format (and I often have hundreds all copy and pasted in this exact format) and paste into the cgt.com calculator, and it produces a whole computation of your whole years trades, profits, losses, tax owed, holdings retained at year end etc etc.
I would never be able to work it all out outside isa/sipp.
I don't do this too much in my isa because I'm well down overall and have 1 large holding of 1 stock that I just hold and am waiting for that stock to recoup my overall loss in my isa.
Hooe this helps and is what you were referring to.