Portfolio transfers are not available for the German entity just yet, but we’re working on rolling the feature out in full to all of our clients and will let you know once we have an update.
Yes, this is possible currently, but we’ll let you know if something changes in the future
20 (6) sentence 5 of the German Income Tax Act (EStG) is no longer valid. There was a change in the tax law and this sentence was deleted. This means that there is no longer a restriction on loss offsetting for derivatives - we have been offsetting losses against profits from derivatives without restriction since this year.
Thanks for the information. Let’s say then if I open directly an account in Spain under trading 212 Markets Limited. Can I In this case transfer my securities from another German broker to it?
Hi, very much looking forward to portfolio transfer for FxFlat as well. I hesitate to starting investing on T212 unless I know that transfer out possible. The debit card would be nice too!
Apologies for the late reply, @christianroll Yes, if you open an account under our European entity, you’ll be able to move your portfolio from another broker to us, as long as your current provider is part of the list of providers from which we can accept a transfer.
This is a follow-up question that we’ll be unable to answer as this falls under tax advisory services, which is something that we’re not allowed to offer. With that in mind, it’ll be best to contact a professional in the field.
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I am currently with Trading 212 Markets Limited and since I am a German tax resident I would like to switch to FXFlat as soon as possible so that I can handle my taxes more easily.
As you do not allow two accounts, I am very much looking forward to this feature. Thank you very much.
is it true that this feature will launch this year, someone said this on YouTube. German taxes are very complicated for us German residents and it would help us, if T212 pays automatically taxes on capital gains or dividends.
Is there a roughly time period when this feature will be launched?
Direct migration from T212 UK to FXFlat is still on our roadmap, but it’s a complex, partner-dependent project. While these processes take time, our commitment to making migration possible remains and we’ll provide an update as soon as timelines become clear. At this point in time, you have the option to close your account under our UK entity and open a new one under FXFlat.
Yes, we are working on bringing automatic tax deductions for German residents. The feature should be available within the next few months.
I hope that when the update comes out, T212 will somehow be able to retroactively pay taxes. Will that be possible then? I started a few months ago and already got dividends
This would be optional or autmatically applied based on a Germany residence address? I have postal address in Germany but i am tax resident in France, hence i dont want to have german tax automatically deducted. I only looked at non-DE broker in first place for that reason and avoid an administrative mess.
Thanks in advance for clarifying to me what is the intended feature
@23mana@Toxec Thanks for checking in! We understand many of you are eager for updates. We’re still working on the tax deductions, but there’s nothing concrete to share just yet. As for portfolio transfers for Trading 212 FXFlat clients, there’s no confirmed timeline at the moment, but we’ll keep you informed as soon as there’s progress.
I see that T212 German entity will start full automatic tax deduction and management from 5 January 2025 - which was the push I needed to get started on closing down my OG account on the UK entity because there’s no true seamless migration possible still.
So I started moving my assets to IBKR so that I can move them back to the German T212 account but now I see there’s no Portfolio Transfers supported on the German entity!!
What is this? When will we have true feature parity?
When is the Portfolio Transfers feature coming for German clients, any update?
What other features are missing in the German entity, now that Debit Card is there also thankfully?
ETFs have a special Teilfreistellung (partial exemption) in Capital Gains Taxes is Germany, like 15 or 30% depending on the ETF, does the German entity’s new tax system take that into account?
Certain ETCs, like Xetra Gold (4GLD) are completely tax free after 1 years, is that also covered properly by the automatic tax system?