19H·

KapEst Gold - Trade Republic - Wisdom WGLD

Hello everyone

does anyone have any experience regarding the tax treatment of profits of the $WGLD (-3,51 %) at Trade Republic for holding periods >1 year? The gold is physically deposited and therefore does not fall under settlement, but is subject to the private tax rate according to § 23 EStG or, if the speculation period (>1 year) is observed, no capital gains tax. Is this automatically taken into account by TR and is this included in the data record of the $WGLD (-3,51 %) from the third-party provider, or does this have to be done ex post via the EKST? Would like to realize something after the "mega run" of the last weeks / months.

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TheCashConcierge@TheCashConcierge

19H

Yes, this also applies to gold and comparable physically backed products.

Trade Republic does not withhold any tax for this. You must classify it as a private sale transaction in accordance with § 23 EStG yourself. If the tax office asks later, you submit the annual report. This will clearly show whether the sale took place before or after one year.

I've already played this exact game with crypto. A lot of correspondence, tax-free in the end, but only because the holding period was clearly documented.

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VillaSpilla@VillaSpilla

19H

But if TR doesn't withhold anything, then I don't have to do anything anyway. Why should the tax office ask? I mean, sure, I can then prove it.

TR has just written to me to the contrary, as they (cannot) check this per ETC with the physical deposit, they deduct KapEst. That's strange.

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yieldhunter@randomdude

19H

@VillaSpilla Maybe this will help:
https://getqu.in/i6jsPX/ https://getqu.in/i6jsPX/

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yieldhunter@randomdude

19H

@VillaSpilla If I stay below the value limit for private sales transactions, I don't enter anything in my tax return. Only if I'm above it.

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yieldhunter@randomdude

19H

@VillaSpilla One more point about the physical deposit: This alone is not enough. There must also be a delivery option.

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TheCashConcierge@TheCashConcierge

19H

@VillaSpilla But that's the way it is with TR, you are welcome to inform yourself, I got mail from the FA - because I once declared crypto losses in 2022.

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Alex@nitroxx

19H

@randomdude this is available with WisdomTree, according to the info sheet tax-free after 1 year

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yieldhunter@randomdude

18H

@nitroxx If the ETC provider states and virtually guarantees this, all is well. Unfortunately, very few do. That was also the reason why the author of the linked blog article made test purchases.
Apart from that, I expect a broker to process sales correctly for tax purposes. In other words, they only withhold capital gains tax when it is actually due.

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Lorlen@Lorlen

18H

@VillaSpilla However, TR would then treat this incorrectly under tax law. Assuming that the ETC fulfills the criteria of physical deposit and the delivery option: then the tax is not calculated according to §20 EstG with the flat-rate capital gains tax, but it is a private sale transaction according to §23 EstG. This is taxed at the personal tax rate. If TR were to actually apply a flat-rate withholding tax, that would be... funny. But well.

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Alex@nitroxx

18H

@VillaSpilla Who answered that? The AI agent?

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VillaSpilla@VillaSpilla

@nitroxx At first yes, but then forwarded to real support.
With the feedback that it can already be "tax-free", but this depends on the data delivery of the third-party provider and TR cannot / does not want to guarantee this for all ETCs.

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userc5d1865d6d994d2a@userc5d1865d6d994d2a

11H

If anyone sells $WGLD at TR and has reliable experience, please let us know. Only then will we know for sure.

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