Tax Year: click “custom date” and choose any time prior to move to e-trade
Click Download > Download Expanded
2. BenefitHistory.xlsx (shares received)
Go to My Account > Benefit History
Click Download > Download Expanded
3. filename like 7111_2111_2111_1111.pdf (Historical ESPP acquisitions)
Go to My Account > Company Resources
Download file under “additional documents from your company"
Get your Files from stockplan.morganstanley.com > Activity > Reports
Under "Activity > Reports"
For “Period Quick Select”: “All Available History”
For “View As”: “PDF”
Click Submit
Filename will be “statement.pdf” and will contain sales made prior to move to e-trade
Import your Files into simplecgt
1: Go to the "File Imports" page > Import Transaction
2: Import your files.
Can also import Degiro files, or create a custom import for almost any spreadsheet export under the File Import Formats section.
Contact us if you'd like us to add support for more files.
3a: Review the Draft Transactions. When happy to proceed, select "Import Draft Transactions" and click the blue arrow.
3b: If you have already imported this file, you will see the Draft Transactions are marked "already imported".
If you export a new file in 6 months, we will recognise transactions "already imported" and by default, only import the new Transactions.
This is your chance to review and ensure you are happy.
4: Once you've clicked "Import Draft Transactions", the status will be in "importing".
Once finished, status will change to "imported" and a link to the imported transactions will appear.
- Clicking this link is the same as clicking "Transactions" tab on the left.
5: If you closed the window by mistake, before importing, or just want to see which files you have already imported
you can click "File Imports". If still "in review" you can click the eye symbol to view and carry on.
6: Review your imported Transactions. These will be used to calculate your Tax Liability.
You can view these transactions in greater detail and edit them to adjust values
(e.g additional fees incurred outside of your broker like bank charges or losses on currency exchange etc)
7: Once happy with the your transactions, click "Run Capital Gains Calculation" to calculate your tax for all years imported.
8a: Select the latest calculation results or view past calculations.
*NOTE* Mark your calculation run as submitted to revenue once you are happy with it! This allows us to alery you to any corrections required in the future
8b: View Calculation Run results, dig deeper on each year and mark calc run as submitted to revenue.
8c: By clicking into the year, you will see decriptions for each number.
Expand relevant sections to see relevant numbers to be used in Form 11 and CGT.
8c: You can then see a breakdown of all of the "identifiables" that were created to calculate your tax correctly.
Note: these will differ from morgan stanley as Revenue require identification of sales to acquisitions on a First In First Out basis.
9a: Your imported ESPP deposits are also auomatically handled. Here you will see your yearly summation, used in Form 11.
9b: Click into the relevant year to see the figures for each ESPP period.
As mentioned, you can create a custom import for whatever spreadsheet format you have under "File Import Formats"
This is done by matching the required fields with your relevant spreadsheet column numbers