United Kingdom

• 0.5% of trade value Stamp Tax
• Panel of Takeovers and Mergers Levy of GBP 1.00 on all orders over GBP 10,000 on shares of companies registered in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man or Channel Islands

Ireland

• 1% of trade value Stamp Tax

Switzerland

• The Swiss transaction tax is not charged automatically by Interactive Brokers on individual accounts. Clients who are subject to the tax should consult a local tax advisor for support with their tax obligations.

France

• French Financial Transaction Tax: 0.30% of trade value applied to shares of companies whose head office is located in France and whose market capitalisation exceeds EUR 1 billion

Italy

• Italian Financial Transaction Tax: 0.10% for shares transacted on regulated markets and MTFs and 0.20% for those transacted outside of these markets.

Spain

• Spanish Financial Transaction Tax: 0.20% or trade value applied to shares of Spanish companies whose market capitalisation exceeds EUR 1,000 million as of December 1 of the year preceding the date of acquisition.

Belgium

• The Belgian Tax on stock-exchange transactions (TST) is not charged automatically by Interactive Brokers on individual accounts. Clients who are subject to the tax should consult a local tax advisor for support with their tax obligations.

Hong Kong

• For stocks, warrants and structured products traded on the SEHK:
  • Government stamp duty: 0.13%, rounded up to the nearest 1.00 for SEHK stocks, normally applies only to stocks
  • SFC transaction levy: 0.0027%, normally applies to stocks, warrants and CBBCs
  • FRC Transaction levy: 0.00015%, normally applies to stocks, warrants and CBBCs
• For products traded on the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Northbound Trading Link and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect:
  • 0.1% Sale Proceeds Stamp Duty

Overview

This document provides an overview of how the Spanish Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) will be handled by Interactive Brokers.

Effective January 16, 2021, a new tax will be implemented on the purchase of certain Spanish securities.

Tax Rate

The announced tax is 0.20%.

Scope

The FTT will be applied to shares of Spanish companies whose market capitalisation exceeds EUR 1,000 million as of December 1 of the year preceding the year that the acquisition takes place. The shares must have been admitted to trading on a regulated market which may be the Spanish market, a market of another European Union Member state or an equivalent market in a third country. The Spanish Ministry of Finance will publish a list of Spanish companies with a market cap exceeding this threshold by December 31 each year. The Ministry of Finance will review and republish the list the first month the FTT is in place.

The following cases are subject to the Spanish FTT:

• Shares acquired on an exchange transaction
• Shares acquired on the execution or settlement of fixed-income securities which may be converted or exchanged for shares
• Shares acquired as a result of execution or settlement of financial derivatives (i.e. stock option exercise/assignment)
• Shares acquired from the execution of finance contracts defined in article 2.1 of Order EHA3537/2005 (contracts not traded on official secondary markets for which a credit institution receives money or securities from customers assuming a repayment obligation)

Accrual

Tax becomes payable on the settlement date of the transaction

Tax Base

There will be a special calculation for intra-day transactions. Therefore, only the net settlement will be taxed.

European withholding taxes on dividends are taxed at source. This means that the tax is withheld by the depository prior to remittance of the distribution to IBKR and the subsequent credit of the net distribution to the accounts of any IBKR's customer.

As outlined in the customer agreement, IBKR holds all shares in street name. For this reason the rate between the dividend paying country (France) and the receiving country (IB LLC US) is 28% for 2020 (reduced from 30% for 2019). While you may hold an account with Interactive Brokers UK, IBUK in turn acts as an introducing broker for Interactive Brokers LLC. As such, Interactive Brokers LLC is the street facing holder of shares. See the below link to the IBKR Customer Agreement for further clarification. In case the link does not work, find the Forms and Disclosures link at the bottom of the Interactive Brokers website and select Agreements followed by Customer Agreements and IB UK Limited Customer Agreement:

https://gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/Universal/servlet/Registration.formSampleView?file=registration_1/uk_customer_agreement.html

On French stock dividends, IBKR can facilitate the process of dividend tax reclaim. To reclaim taxes you are required to complete Forms 5000 and 5001. Please return the completed forms to IBKR initially as an attachment to an Inquiry Ticket. Upon receipt, IBKR will review the forms and confirm if they can be accepted. Once reviewed, the original forms should be sent to:

Each question on the questionnaire must be answered in order to have a non-professional designation. As exchanges require positive confirmations of proof for non-professional designations, an incomplete or unclear Non-Professional Questionnaire will result in a Professional designation until the status can be confirmed. 

If the status should change, please contact the helpdesk.

Explanation of questions:

1)    Commercial & Business purposes

a)    Do you receive financial information (including news or price data concerning securities, commodities and other financial instruments) for your business or any other commercial entity?

Explanation: Are you receiving and using the market data for use on behalf of a company or other organization aside from using the data on this account for personal use?

b)    Are you conducting trading of any securities, commodities or forex for the benefit of a corporation, partnership, professional trust, professional investment club or other entity?

Explanation: Are you trading for yourself only or are you trading on behalf of an organization (Ltd, LLC, GmbH, Co., LLP, Corp.)?

c)    Have you entered into any agreement to (a) share the profit of your trading activities or (b) receive compensation for your trading activities?

Explanation: Are you being compensated to trade or are you sharing profits from your trading activities with a third party entity or individual?

d)    Are you receiving office space, and equipment or other benefits in exchange for your trading or work as a financial consultant to any person, firm or business entity?

Explanation: Are you being compensated in any way for your trading activity by a third party, not necessarily by being paid in currency.

2)    Act in a capacity

a)    Are you currently acting in any capacity as an investment adviser or broker dealer?

Explanation: Are you being compensated to manage third party assets or compensated to advise others on how to manage their assets?

b)    Are you engaged as an asset manager for securities, commodities or forex?         
 

Explanation: Are you being compensated to manage securities, commodities, or forex?

c)     Are you currently using this financial information in a business capacity or for managing your employer’s or company’s assets?

Explanation: Are you using data at all for a commercial purposes specifically to manage your employer and/or company assets?

d)    Are you using the capital of any other individual or entity in the conduct of your trading?

Explanation: Are there assets of any other entity in your account other than your own?

3)    Distribute, republish or provide data to any other party

a)    Are you distributing, redistributing, publishing, making available or otherwise providing any financial information from the service to any third party in any manner?

Explanation: Are you sending any data you receive from us to another party in any way, shape, or form?

4)    Qualified professional securities / futures trader

a)    Are you currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader with any security agency, or with any commodities or futures contract market or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognized professional body? ^{i, ii}
YES☐             NO☐

i) Examples of Regulatory bodies include, but are not limited to,

• US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• UK Financial Service Authority (FSA)
• Japanese Financial Service Agency (JFSA)

ii) Examples of Self-Regulatory Organization (SROs) include, but are not limited to:

• US NYSE
• US FINRA
• Swiss VQF